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Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The calls and emails started coming into NYU Langone Health and Massachusetts General Hospital soon after doctors began experimenting with pig organs in humans.
People worried they'll never get a scarce human transplant asked: When could we get a pig kidney?
Alex Berrios of Louisville, Kentucky, ... (full story)
MacKenzie Scott gives rare third gift to medical debt relief group
MacKenzie Scott continues to make medical debt relief a priority in her mysterious giving.
Recently, Undue Medical Debt, formerly RIP Medical Debt, announced it had received a rare third gift — $50 million — from the billionaire philanthropist, signaling her satisfaction with the group's efforts to purchase medical d ... (full story)
Is it worth your time to research your adviser?
If you want to find out about the disciplinary history of the investment firm or the individual who handles your money, how do you go about it? How difficult is it to find the information?
One way to do this is to look for the CRS (Client or Customer Relationship Summary) on the firm's website. The CRS is a U.S. Securities and E ... (full story)
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3D-printed guns, like the one allegedly used to kill a health care CEO, are a growing threat in the US and around the world
(THE CONVERSATION) Police investigating the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024, have announced that the suspected assailant had used a 3D-printed gun. Several high-profile crimes in recent years have involved this kind of homemade, or partially homemade, weapon.
Often called "ghost guns" be ... (full story)
Climate change making plants less nutritious and hurting grazing animals
(THE CONVERSATION) More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend on plant-based diets. Plants are a low-calorie food source, so it can be challenging for animals to consume enough energy to meet their needs. Now climate change is reducing the nutritional value of some foods that plant eaters ... (full story)
State
For thousands of Jews, Israel still doesn't feel safe after the Oct. 7 attacks. So they're leaving
LONDON (AP) — Leaving Israel is easier, Shira Z. Carmel thinks, by saying it's just for now. But she knows better.
For the Israeli-born singer and an increasing number of relatively well-off Israelis, the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack shattered any sense of safety and along with it, Israel's founding promise: to be the world' ... (full story)