Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, US study shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. The study tracked 30 years of living kidney donation and found that by 2022, fewer than 1 of every 10,000...

A new study shows donating a kidney is even safer now than doctors have long thought

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study shows donating a kidney is even safer now than doctors have long thought.

Dutch rower makes it to Paris Olympics two years after nearly losing her life in a bicycle crash

Two years ago, doctors were by the hospital bed of Dutch rower Marloes Oldenburg asking if she wanted to donate her organs in case the risky surgery they were about to perform on her didn’t go well. She had just been airlifted to a hospital with her back broken into multiple places...

Prosecutors charge second inmate in assault that left Wisconsin youth prison counselor brain-dead

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors charged a second inmate Thursday in connection with a fight that left a counselor at Wisconsin’s youth prison brain-dead. Online court records show 17-year-old Rian Nyblom was charged in Lincoln County Circuit Court with being a party to felony...

Wisconsin youth prison counselor is declared brain-dead after inmate assault

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A counselor at Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison has been declared brain-dead following a fight with a 16-year-old inmate, the county coroner said Wednesday, less than three weeks after prosecutors filed criminal charges against a warden and multiple staffers in connection...