After battling their own breast cancer diagnoses, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., are taking the advocacy to the halls of […]
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Surgeon transplants a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead human in groundbreaking surgery | USA TODAY
Robert Montgomery, a New York transplant surgeon, conducted a successful surgery that transplanted a pig's kidney into a brain-dead human. RELATED: Thousands of young women […]
Continue readingState Department works to solve mysterious Havana Syndrome amid pressure from lawmakers | USA TODAY
U.S. lawmakers and diplomats are increasingly frustrated with the State Department's response to "Havana Syndrome." RELATED: Cory Booker's constituents leading drive to achieve criminal justice […]
Continue readingThousands of young women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year | USA TODAY
Breast cancer is detected in thousands of women under the age of 40. RELATED: Breast Cancer Awareness Month: What to know about the disease For […]
Continue readingCOVID-19 stole her childhood and now she lives in constant pain | USA TODAY
When Rose Lehane Tureen, 13, got sick at the start of the pandemic, doctors told her kids couldn't get COVID. Today, she still has long-haul […]
Continue readingFighting COVID symptoms, a year after being ‘cured’ | USA TODAY
Ronald Rushing Sr. was diagnosed with COVID-19 in July 2020. More than a year later, Rushing lives with a debilitating, burning headache. RELATED: Is a […]
Continue reading‘More deaths than anyone should ever have to see’: Life and death inside a COVID-19 ICU
Alone with their COVID patients, one hospital's workers struggle with trauma and grief. RELATED: Nurses struggling to take vital signs. Anguished faces on iPad screens. […]
Continue readingActivism is ingrained in Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha | Women of the Century
In 2015, Pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, 43, proved to the world that the water in Flint, Michigan was tainted with lead. RELATED: Rita Moreno says […]
Continue readingPresident Trump declares national emergency | USA TODAY
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, a move that would enable federal officials to direct billions of dollars to fighting the virus. RELATED: Why […]
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