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U.S. 12/06/19, 18:03

Christmas this year, 6-year-old Carlos Rolon won't be able to be home. Instead he is staying at Boston Children's Hospital waiting for a heart transplant and is asking for Christmas cards. Rolon was born with an unbalanced atrioventricular canal defect, which is an abnormality in one of the four chambers of ...

U.S. 12/03/19, 06:40

Former President Jimmy Carter was back in the hospital over the weekend for treatment for a urinary tract infection, the Carter Center announced Monday, Dec. 2. "Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was admitted to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, this past weekend for treatment for a urinary tract infection," ...

U.S. 11/27/19, 06:35

A hospital in New Jersey mistakenly gave the wrong patient a kidney transplant who happens to have the same name as the intended recipient. A Virtua Health representative confirmed that on Nov. 18 in Camden, New Jersey, a 51-year-old patient underwent a successful kidney transplant. The next day, a medical team ...

U.S. 11/12/19, 02:20

One of the few presidents to win a Nobel Peace Prize was admitted to an Atlanta hospital for brain surgery on Nov. 11. Jimmy Carter (D), 95, has been admitted to Emory University Hospital for an operation that could help remove damage he suffered from multiple falls. The Carter Center, which the ...

U.S. 10/08/19, 15:00

A 5-year-old boy from Pennsylvania used his birthday wish to ask for thousands of toys that he could donate to the other pediatric patients at the hospital that treated him. In November 2016, Weston Newswanger was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer the develops in soft tissue and has a high ...

U.S. 09/08/19, 16:12

Just days before Jaydee Hernandez got sick, he looked healthy and happy. On July 23, everything changed when the 24-year-old father of three called his mother in pain. "First he said, 'I am going to the hospital because I have a stomachache. I can't drink water. I can't eat anything. I'm just ...

Inspired Stories 09/05/19, 05:07

Five-year-old Slade Thompson from Clinton County, Michigan, woke up from his tonsil surgery in April 2019, not finding his mother near, he was understandably worried and upset. All Slade wanted was to be snuggled and cared for.  His mom, Layla Thompson, had to be in the waiting room while the nurses ...

China 11/29/18, 08:51

Growing online petition demands swift investigation, warns arrogance and ambition of experiment risks turning China into a massive test site for genetic manipulation

World 11/27/18, 05:11

Photos sent to VOA Persian on Monday showed dozens of doctors and their supporters holding signs calling for hospitalization of Farhad Meysami, who has been on a hunger strike for months

U.S. 10/30/18, 03:24

Authorities say a Florida man has been charged with driving under the influence and marijuana possession after crashing into a police car. A St. Petersburg police news release says the crash happened Monday morning, shortly after midnight. Police say the officer was heading to a non-emergency call when 23-year-old Chapin Huffman hit ...

U.S. 10/17/18, 22:38

Authorities say a North Carolina state trooper has been shot and killed, and a suspect is in custody. A North Carolina State Highway Patrol release says the trooper was shot while conducting a traffic stop around 12:15 a.m. Wednesday. He died at a local hospital. Bladen County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Larry Guyton ...

California 10/12/18, 23:41

The halls of the once-dormant Al Price State Juvenile Correctional Facility smell of cleaning solution as busy volunteers prepped for an open house, wiping down forgotten windows and stocking shelves of food for the hungry. The 57-acre property on U.S. 69 has been renovated by a California couple into “a hospital ...