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Consultant Surgeon Andrew Ready and his team conducts] a live donor kidney transplant at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham on June 9, 2006, in Birmingham, England. Kidney failure patient Carol Playfair was given the chance of life when her sister Tracey Playfair offered one of her own perfect kidneys to help save the life of Carol. The operation at The QE Hospital, part of The University Hospital's Trust was one of 1500 live donor transplants carried out in the United Kingdon every year. Despite the introduction of Donor Cards, there are still too few kidneys available to help all those who require a transplant, thereby producing a waiting list and the only chance of survival is by live donor. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Ohio: Patient Dies After Being ‘Infected With Rabies’ Following Organ Transplant

A Michigan resident died after undergoing an organ transplant in Ohio that was reportedly contaminated with the deadly rabies virus — being transmitted through the donated organ.

ITHACA, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 10: Milk samples are transported for testing at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University on December 10, 2024 in Ithaca, New York. The U.S. Department of Agriculture last week issued a federal order that requires the testing of the nation's milk supply amid increasing concerns over HPAI (a strain of the H5N1 avian flu), which has been raising alarm since it was first detected in a Texas cow. In July 2024, New York lawmakers gave $19.5 million in order to expand the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University, after avian flu was confirmed to be spreading to dairy cattle. The virus has spread to over 710 dairy herds across 15 states. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Louisiana Confirms First ‘Severe’ Case Of Bird Flu In The U.S.

A resident in Louisiana has been hospitalized with the first “severe” case of H5N1 bird flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced, making it the first case in the United States.

Medics rush a US citizen who reportedly received a gunshot wound in the head to the emergency ward of a hospital in Nablus in the occupied West Bank on September 6, 2024. A Palestinian hospital official said on September 6 that a US citizen died from a "gunshot in the head" in the occupied West Bank, and Israel's military said it was investigating the incident. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Turkish-American Woman Killed In West Bank During Palestinian Protest, IDF Investigating

On Friday, the Biden Administration requested Israeli officials to investigate the rumored death of an American woman in the West Bank.

US-HEALTH-VIRUS-ANIMAL-RATS Members of 'The Ryder's Alley Trencher-fed Society (R.A.T.S.)' meet with their dogs to vermin control a neighborhood in lower Manhattan on May 14, 2021 in New York City. - Late one Friday night, eight dog enthusiasts and their pet pooches prowl several dark alleys in New York with one mission: to hunt and kill as many rats as possible. The dogs, mostly terriers, pant and strain at their leashes before diving into trash bags and emerging seconds later with a convulsing rodent between their teeth. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

N.Y.C: Infectious Diseases From Rat Urine On The Rise

The New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has released a health advisory after human infections from rat urine have been on the rise.

Passengers pull their rolling suitcases across a lighted glass bridge at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, on Sept. 24, 2016. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Health Administrators Warn Of Potential Measles Risk At Dulles, Ronald Reagan Airport

Health administrators in the United States capital are advising thousands about a potential measles risk after an individual with a “confirmed case” traveled through the Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.