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Lassa fever vaccine for deadly virus within reach after ‘promising’ trial results

About 300,000 Lassa fever infections occur every year killing 5,000 people a year, but a vaccine could save lives

The Independent UK · Jun 9

Man dies weeks after receiving world’s second pig heart transplant

Navy veteran Lawrence Faucette, 58, survived for six weeks post-operation

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2023

‘Night and day’: Parkinson’s symptoms eased by non-surgical procedure, study shows

BALTIMORE -- The other day, Melanie Carlson took her 5-year-old daughter shopping for a bathing suit.

Tribune News Service · Mar 3, 2023

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Schoolchildren who lack sleep ‘may experience negative impact on their brains’

The study suggests there may be long-term harm for those who do not get the recommended hours of sleep.

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2022

Autographs of Moonlight Graham of ‘Field of Dreams’ fame are discovered at Baltimore medical school he attended

BALTIMORE — In the stuffy fourth-floor attic of a historic Baltimore academic building, amid discarded furniture and dusty filing cabinets, Larry Pitrof discovered treasure.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022

Patient given pig heart transplant died of heart failure, study finds

BALTIMORE — Doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have concluded that a man who received a first-of-its-kind pig-heart transplant in January died two months later from heart failure. Though the reason for the failure remains under investigation.

Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2022

Man who received landmark pig heart transplant may have died of pig virus

Surgeon of David Bennett, who died two months after surgery, revealed that the pig’s heart was infected with porcine virus

The Guardian - US · May 6, 2022

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Pig heart transplanted into dying man in breakthrough operation was infected with virus, report says

Scientists say there is ‘definite concern’ of porcine pathogens causing disease during such transplantation

The Independent UK · May 5, 2022

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