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COVID Preventive Drug Should Work Against Circulating Variants, FDA Now Says

— The agency has issued a revised fact sheet for healthcare providers

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Timely Skin Cancer Screening After Organ Transplant Still Lacking

Only a minority of patients adhered to SUNTRAC screening recommendations

Sep 26, 2024
HHS Proposes Rule to Increase Access to Kidney, Liver Transplants in HIV Patients

Rule would streamline criteria for organ donation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV

Sep 13, 2024
Threats to Whistleblowers, Rampant Fraud Plague Transplant System, Lawmakers Told

Attempts to recover organs from live donors "absolutely terrifying," House member says

Sep 11, 2024
Women With HCC Less Likely to Receive Liver Transplant, More Likely to Die Than Men

This difference is mostly explained by their smaller stature, researchers say

Sep 05, 2024
Threats to Whistleblowers, Rampant Fraud Plague Transplant System, Lawmakers Told

Attempts to recover organs from live donors "absolutely terrifying," House member says

Women With HCC Less Likely to Receive Liver Transplant, More Likely to Die Than Men

This difference is mostly explained by their smaller stature, researchers say

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Pause or Keep RAS Inhibitors Before Surgery? Take Your Pick.

Either choice is "acceptable" based on randomized study

Aug 31, 2024
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Lung Function Stable in Sickle Cell Patients After Non-Myeloablative Transplant

Results from some pulmonary function tests even showed improvement 3 years post-transplant

Aug 28, 2024
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Rate of Mortality After ED Discharge for Cirrhosis Doubles That of Heart Failure

Patients who lacked a follow-up visit may be at particularly high risk for death

Aug 28, 2024
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Mortality Risk Dropped for Living Kidney Donors Over the Past Decade

Deaths more common in male donors and those with history of hypertension

Aug 28, 2024
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Mixed Results With Cyclophosphamide in Mismatched Unrelated Stem Cell Transplants

Better survival in one registry study, detriment with class I HLA mismatch in another

Aug 27, 2024
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FDA Could Soon Limit Use of Only Drug for COVID Prevention

Pemivibart may have reduced activity against growing variant KP.3.1.1, agency warns

Aug 27, 2024
FDA EUA Pemivibart (Pemgarda) over a photo of the packaging and vial of Pemgarda.
CMS Drops Controversial Proposal for Blood Tests After Organ Transplant

Test supporters call the move a "win"; agency will issue a new proposal "in the coming months"

Aug 22, 2024
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Pregnancy and Delivery Feasible After Uterus Transplant, but Risks Exist

No congenital abnormalities, developmental delays observed among 16 live-born children

Aug 15, 2024
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Novel Agent for Chronic GVHD Wins FDA Approval

Axatilimab achieved a 75% response rate in patients with previously treated chronic GVHD

Aug 14, 2024
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CDC Alerts on Dramatic Rise in Human Parvovirus B19

Pregnant people and those who are immunocompromised most at risk, agency warns

Aug 14, 2024
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Families Seek Answers After Inmates' Bodies Returned Without Internal Organs

"This is something out of science fiction," says one family member

Jul 31, 2024
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Justice Ginsburg's Health Records Leaked; How Sinead O'Connor Died; H5N1 Stockpiles

Health news and commentary gathered by Bվ staff

Jul 30, 2024
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'Next Berlin Patient' Adds to Small but Growing Number of People Cured of HIV

New case suggests HIV cure can be achieved independent of stem cell transplant donor CCR5 status

Jul 25, 2024
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Xenotransplant Research Yields Bacon Safe for Some People Allergic to Red Meat

Company that breeds the special pigs shares supply with allergy patients for free

Jul 22, 2024
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