Rob Stein
Stories
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National
‘Horrifying’ mistake to harvest organs from a living person averted, witnesses say
At a hospital in Kentucky, witnesses say, a man who had been declared dead after a drug overdose was moving and visibly crying as he was prepped for surgery to donate his vital organs. The surgery was stopped and the man is alive three years later.
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Science
American biologists win Nobel Prize for discovery in understanding how cells work
Two American biologists have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a crucial way genes are regulated.
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Medical Treatments
Very few people are getting the latest COVID-19 vaccines
So far, very few people have been rolling up their sleeves to get the latest COVID-19 vaccines according to the first data from the CDC tracking demand for the new shots.
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The pandemic may have sped up brain development for adolescents, research shows
The stress and isolation of the pandemic appears to have caused adolescent brains to have accelerated maturation, with girls brains maturing faster than boys, according to new research.
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Health
An update on fall respiratory viruses
Health officials are planning another fall campaign designed to encourage everyone six months and older to get updated COVID and flu vaccines, but are scaling back the recommendation for RSV vaccines.
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Health
Updated COVID vaccines are coming soon
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to give the green light to new COVID-19 vaccines this week to protect against recent variants of the coronavirus.
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Health
Is COVID endemic yet? Yep, says the CDC. Here's what that means
The nation — and Olympic athletes, like Noah Lyles — are in another summer surge of COVID infections. CDC officials say the virus has become endemic. That means it is here to stay in a predictable way.
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Science
A 3D reconstruction of the woolly mammoth genome might help revive the extinct species
With a skin sample from a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth, scientists are gaining new insights into what made the animals tick. The findings could also help controversial de-extinction efforts.
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Health
Transplant surgeons are using a new, controversial procedure to retrieve organs
Many transplant programs are using a controversial procedure called normothermic regional perfusion to obtain organs from donors. After a donor is declared dead, circulation is restarted with a pump.
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Health
Doctors try a controversial technique to reduce the transplant organ shortage
Doctors say they can boost the odds donated organs will be usable by restarting blood circulation with a pump after donors are declared dead. Critics say the procedure blurs the definition of death.
