A young woman whose lungs were destroyed by the coronavirus received a double lung transplant last week at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, the hospital reported on Thursday, the first known lung transplant in the United States for Covid-19. The 10-hour surgery was more difficult and took several hours longer than most lung transplants because… Read More »
It’s the COVID-19 Catch-22: The better we are at arresting the disease, the longer we suffer financial pain. But the worse we are, the more people die. It’s the give-and-take of “flattening the curve”. We know that by reducing the rate at which people get COVID-19, the more likely our hospitals can treat those who… Read More »
Janice Ense never actually got to talk to her doctor, or anyone else for that matter. While she was out on Monday, an assistant left Ense a voicemail message announcing that the unfolding COVID-19 crisis had forced the postponement of her kidney cancer surgery. The operation was supposed to take place next Thursday at Toronto’s… Read More »
This story is jointly reported by Brenda Goodman of WebMD and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News. July 25, 2019 — Twilight was falling, but the heat would not let up. Cars packed the tiny parking lot for the historic red brick building that sits on a corner of North Church Lane, between Smyrna and… Read More »
The Trump administration announced on Friday that it will bar organizations that provide abortion referrals from receiving federal family planning money, a step that could strip millions of dollars from Planned Parenthood and direct it toward religiously-based, anti-abortion groups. The new federal rule is almost certain to be challenged in court. Clinics will be able… Read More »