Category: transplants

Baby August Finally Gets New Heart and a Second Chance of Life

The Tennessee baby denied a life-saving transplant for not being vaccinated has received a new heart. “We imagine we will never fully reconcile the grief that comes with the joy of being gifted with this second chance at life for him,” Hannah Stoll, mother of seven-month-old August told The Epoch Times. The infant received his…


Baby August Finally Gets New Heart and a 2nd Chance at Life

The Tennessee baby denied a life-saving transplant for not being vaccinated has received a new heart. “We imagine we will never fully reconcile the grief that comes with the joy of being gifted with this second chance at life for him,” Hannah Stoll, the mother of 7-month-old August told The Epoch Times. The infant received…


Rights Group Files First Lawsuit Against Hospitals Denying Transplants to Unvaccinated Patients

A national legal rights organization has filed the first of what it says will be dozens of lawsuits against U.S. health care facilities that are denying patients organ transplants for not being vaccinated against COVID-19. In the first complaint—which was filed against the University of Michigan’s transplant center—the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) argues the hospitals…


Italian Surgeon Accused of Assaulting Patients Through Pioneering Windpipe Transplants Goes on Trial

The trial of a former Italian surgeon accused of assaulting patients by carrying out pioneering yet experimental windpipe transplants began in Sweden on April 27. Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, a stem cell scientist, is charged with aggravated assault against three of his patients for performing the procedure in which he created the world’s first windpipe partially made from a…


Liver Transplants Increasing Among Older Adults

New data is showing that more older people are ending up on liver transplant waiting lists than at any point in history. And although the pandemic may play a small role in the uptick, it’s certainly not the main driver—alcohol use and obesity are. In fact, these two causes have overtaken hepatitis C as the…