Organ donation comes as boon for Girish Kumar  The New Indian ExpressGetting a heart from a donor of the same blood group and matching body size at the nick of time needed sheer luck.

Alabama tornadoes: Donors pledge to pay for 23 funerals after devastating storm  WPVI-TVThe Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Poarch, Alabama, has donated $184000 to cover the costs.

Readers React: Help save lives with a donation from your tax refund  Allentown Morning CallDid you know that every 18 hours, one man, woman or child dies in Pennsylvania because the waiting list for organ and tissue donations is so long? We a…

Readers React: Help save lives with a donation from your tax refund  Allentown Morning CallDid you know that every 18 hours, one man, woman or child dies in Pennsylvania because the waiting list for organ and tissue donations is so long? We a…

Trump inauguration took money from shell companies tied to foreigners  The Guardian

Donald Trump’s inauguration received tens of thousands of dollars from shell companies that masked the involvement of a foreign contributor or others with foreign ties. The Guardian has identified the creators of three obscure firms that contributed money to Trump’s inaugural committee, which collected a record $107m as he entered the White House in 2017. The three companies each gave $25,000 to Trump’s inaugural fund. At least one of the contributions was made for a foreign national who appears ineligible to make political donations in the US. Sign up for the US morning briefing A spokesma…

Dangerous’ new organ law could reduce number of donations, writes Mike Rumbles MSP  Scottish Catholic ObserverLast week members of the Scottish Parliament approved by 107 votes to one the general principles of the Human Tissues (Scotland) Bil…

Woman with six heart conditions thanks her organ donor in heartwarming speech  NewshubLast year, Jessica Manning was given two years to live. She was born with congenital heart disease, and six different heart conditions. She also needed a li…