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Don't look for it in grocery stores. The company that bred these special pigs shares its small supply, for free, with allergy patients.

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Tick bite victims who have allergy to red meat may be able to eat pork from these special pigs

July 21, 2024 at 9:36 a.m.

Don't look for it in grocery stores. The company that bred these special pigs shares its small supply, for free, with allergy patients.

A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice box are extremely rare, and normally aren't an option for people with active cancer.

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A rare voice box transplant helped a cancer patient speak again, part of a pioneering study

July 9, 2024 at 10:31 a.m.

A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice box...

A New Jersey woman who was near death has received a transplanted pig kidney, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart.

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Doctors combine pig kidney transplant and heart device in bid to extend woman’s life

April 24, 2024 at 9:21 a.m.

A New Jersey woman who was near death has received a transplanted pig kidney, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart.

The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died, nearly six weeks after the highly experimental surgery, his Maryland doctors announced Tuesday.

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Maryland man who received pig heart transplant dies, hospital says

October 31, 2023 at 4:35 p.m.

The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died, nearly six weeks after the highly experimental surgery, his Maryland doctors announced Tuesday.

Maryland doctors say the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died. Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when he received the genetically modified pig heart in September. According to the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the heart had seemed healthy for the first month after the highly experimental surgery. But doctors say it began showing signs of rejection in recent days and he died on Monday. The team last year performed the world’s first transplant of a pig heart into another dying man who survived two months.

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Maryland man who received second pig heart transplant dies, hospital says

November 2, 2023 at 2:48 p.m.

Maryland doctors say the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died. Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant...

U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized another option for fall COVID-19 vaccination, updated shots made by Novavax. Updated vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna began rolling out last month, intended for adults and children as young as age 6 months.

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US adds another option for fall COVID vaccination with updated Novavax shots

October 4, 2023 at 8:35 p.m.

U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized another option for fall COVID-19 vaccination, updated shots made by Novavax. Updated vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna began rolling out last month, intended for adults...

Surgeons have transplanted a pig's heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life. He's only the second patient to undergo such an experimental feat.

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Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man

September 22, 2023 at 5:13 p.m.

Surgeons have transplanted a pig's heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life. He's only the second patient to undergo such an experimental feat.

U.S. regulators have approved updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, shots aimed at revving up protection this fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration's decision Monday is part of a shift to treat fall COVID-19 vaccine updates much like getting a yearly flu shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must sign off. Its advisers meet Tuesday to recommend how to best use this round of vaccinations. The shots could begin later this week. Both the COVID-19 and flu shot can be given at the same time.

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US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall

September 11, 2023 at 3:27 p.m.

U.S. regulators have approved updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, shots aimed at revving up protection this fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration's decision Monday is part...

Updated COVID-19 shots are coming soon, part of a trio of fall vaccines that doctors hope will help avoid another "tripledemic."

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Updated COVID shots are coming. They’re part of a trio of vaccines to block fall viruses.

September 9, 2023 at 1:54 p.m.

Updated COVID-19 shots are coming soon, part of a trio of fall vaccines that doctors hope will help avoid another "tripledemic."

The National Institutes of Health is starting some studies to test possible treatments for long COVID. Millions of people are estimated to have the mysterious condition. The studies are small but each will tackle multiple possible therapies for things like brain fog, sleep disturbances and the theory that lingering virus may be at least partly to blame.

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Brain fog and other long COVID symptoms affect millions. New treatment studies bring hope

August 1, 2023 at 3:26 a.m.

The National Institutes of Health is starting some studies to test possible treatments for long COVID. Millions of people are estimated to have the mysterious condition. The studies are small...

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