For no updates on NOTTO site, hospitals lose their awards  Pune MirrorHealth ministry revokes prizes given in organ transplant domain. Several organ transplant hospitals around the country have failed to upload details of waiting …

Blood donation is the Christmas gift that could save a life  Daily AdvertiserMore than 400 Wagga donors are needed over the festival season.

Bellringer: Ventura County couple gives to people in need during wildfires  Ventura County StarBev and Gerald Trigueiro were moved to donate money to the Julius Gius Bellringer program to help wildfire survivors.

Giving wisely for the holidays  The Navasota ExaminerThe holidays are not just about buying and receiving gifts from loved ones, but also about helping others. It’s a time to give back. But, before you give, …

Video  The AustralianA mother has given birth to a healthy baby girl after surgeons implanted a womb in her body from a deceased donor. The case study – published in The Lancet …

Democratic 2020 campaign revving up quickly  The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats are hitting fast forward. The first major presidential campaign announcements could come before year’s end. The Democratic …

Scientists Achieve Breakthrough on Path to Pig-to-Human Heart Transplants – D-brief  Discover MagazineUsing gene editing and a modified transplant protocol, researchers increased the survival of baboons that received transplanted pig hearts t…

Healthy Baby Born from Transplanted Uterus from Deceased Donor  NowThis

For the first time, a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor gave birth to a healthy baby. The University of São Paulo reported the successful birth of a healthy baby from a transplanted uterus that was donated from a deceased donor. The donor recipient was a 32-year-old mother who was born without a uterus. In 2016, she went through a 10.5-hour transplant procedure to implant the uterus of a deceased 45-year-old women. After five months without any signs of rejection and regular menstruation, the recipient then underwent a fertility treatment. The procedure used previously frozen, ferti…

EPA: Pruitt discloses billionaire defense fund donor — Thursday, December 6  E&E News

This story was updated at 5:26 p.m. EST. Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has disclosed a single donor to his legal defense fund. Diane Hendricks of Beloit, …