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FILE - Dr. Robert Montgomery, director of NYU Langone's transplant institute, prepares a pig kidney for transplant into a brain-dead man in New York, July 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum, File)
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Behind the story of the decades-long journey of xenotransplantation

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In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the journey of animal to human transplants, or xenotransplants, over the last few years.

This photo provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows an example of a Casely Wireless Portable Power Bank Light being recalled on Thursday, April 17, 2025, because they can overheat and potentially catch fire while charging phones, posing a burn hazard to consumers. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission via AP)
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429,000 portable chargers are under recall after some consumers report fires, minor burn injuries

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About 429,000 portable power banks are under recall because they can overheat and potentially catch fire while charging phones, posing a burn hazard to consumers.

FILE - The William L. Guy Federal Building is seen in Bismarck, N.D., April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)
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Judge blocks worker protections for abortion and fertility care for Catholic employers

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More than 9,000 Catholic employers do not need to abide by federal regulations protecting workers who seek abortions and fertility treatments under a ruling issued this week by a federal judge.

FILE - This electron microscope image provided by the National Institutes of Health shows human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) virions, colorized blue, and anti-RSV F protein/gold antibodies, colorized yellow, shedding from the surface of human lung cells. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH via AP, File)
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Experts recommendations on RSV and meningitis vaccines will go to ex-prosecutor now at CDC

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A federal panel of experts on Wednesday recommended an expansion of RSV vaccinations for adults and a new combination shot as another option to protect teens against meningitis.

FILE - Family Educator Lisa Benson-Nuyen, addresses her students in a circle in the Northern Lights classroom at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a Head Start center, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Wasilla, Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
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Head Start funding lags by nearly $1 billion this year, causing some preschool closures

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Federal databases show Head Start centers across the U.S. have received nearly $1 billion less in federal funding compared with this time last year.

FILE - A mortuary worker disinfests a coffin carrying the body of a person who died of COVID-19 ahead of a funeral at Memora mortuary in Girona, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
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WHO member countries agree on a draft 'pandemic treaty' to try to avoid COVID-19 mistakes

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The World Health Organization's member countries have agreed on a draft pandemic treaty that sets guidelines for how the international community might face the next global health crisis.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr speaks as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listens during a Make Indiana Healthy Again initiative event in Indianapolis, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Arkansas and Indiana ask USDA to let them ban soda and candy from SNAP

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Officials in Arkansas and Indiana are moving to ban soft drinks and candy from the program that helps low-income people pay for groceries.

Boni Speer, left, and her daughter, Tracy Balhan, hold a photo of Bill Speer, Tracys father, in Aurora, Ill., on Friday, March 14, 2025. (Benjamin Thorp/WFYI Public Media via AP)
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As dementia rates increase, experts warn hospital emergency rooms are underprepared

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An Associated Press and Side Effects Public Media data analysis shows one in six visits to the emergency department in 2022 that resulted in hospital admission had a wait of four or more hours.

This photo provided by eGenesis on Jan. 18, 2024 shows a genetically modified pig liver in Massachusetts before transportation to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in December 2023. (eGenesis via AP)
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FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure

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U.S. researchers are about to test if livers from gene-edited pigs could treat people with sudden liver failure — not with a transplant but temporarily attached outside the body.

Relaxers may be linked to increased risk of certain cancers
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👩‍🦱 Need a break from curls? Try these chemical-free hair straightening alternatives

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Concerns are growing over the safety of chemical hair relaxers as research suggests that heavy use may be linked to an increased risk of certain cancers. Consumer Reports looked into some chemical-free alternatives that may help you achieve similar results without the health risks.

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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California OKs $2.8B to close Medicaid funding gap after expanding immigrant coverage

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation to provide $2.8 billion to close the budget hole in the state's Medicaid program.

Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, speaks during an anti-abortion rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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These abortion abolitionists want women who get abortion to face criminal charges

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Many people involved in the abortion debate say a movement of so-called abortion abolitionists who want to punish women for having abortions is widening its influence.

The report on President Donald Trump's health after his physical on April 11, 2025, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, released by the White House on behalf of his physician Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella, is photographed Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Trump is 'fully fit' to serve as commander in chief, his doctor says after recent physical

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Donald Trump's doctor says the oldest man elected president is “fully fit” to serve as commander in chief.

Cesar Acevedo, left, holds his infant son, Adriel Acevedo, as as nurse Tracey McElroy, right, prepares to give him a vaccination that included a polio dose at the Dallas County Health and Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US

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The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance.

FILE - Virginia Del. Destiny LeVere Bolling stands on the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates in Richmond, Va., during the 2025 legislative session on Jan. 13, 2025. (Amanda Maglione via AP, File)

As Congress tables proxy voting, state lawmakers seek solutions for parents who serve in office

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A bipartisan group of representatives have forced a delay in Congress over a proposed rule that would let new parents cast their vote by proxy.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tours the Native Health Mesa Food Distribution Center in Mesa, Ariz., Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes. A key program to do that was gutted

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A key program using traditional medicine and foods to tackle chronic disease in Native American and Alaska Native communities has been gutted in the federal health layoffs.

FILE - French rugby team player Sebastien Chabal attends a training session at the National Rugby Center in Marcoussis, south of Paris, on Feb. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

France rugby star Chabal does not remember 'a single second' of his career due to concussion

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Rugby star Sébastien Chabal won two Six Nations titles with France, reached a World Cup semifinal and played 62 times for his nation as a powerful forward.

FILE - An operating room technician performs an ultrasound on a patient at an abortion clinic in Shreveport, La., July 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Jackson, File)

States advance fetal rights measures that critics warn will pave a path for outlawing abortions

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A new Kansas law and a bill advancing in Florida outline policies backed by abortion opponents that critics see as moves toward giving embryos and fetuses the same rights as the women carrying them.

This image provided by the Allen Institute on April 8, 2025, shows a digital representation of neurons in a section of a mouse's brain, part of a project to create the largest map to date of brain wiring and function, in Seattle, Wash. (Forrest Collman/Allen Institute via AP)

Scientists map part of a mouse's brain that's so complex it looks like a galaxy

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Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date.

FILE - An airline employee transfers a wheelchair to her station at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

The Trump administration withdrew 11 pieces of ADA guidance. How will it affect compliance?

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President Donald Trump’s administration has withdrawn 11 pieces of guidance related to the Americans with Disabilities Act that helped stores, hotels and other businesses understand their obligation to the law.

FILE - Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh arrives before President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

California man arrested near Justice Kavanaugh's home with a gun pleads guilty to attempted murder

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A California man has pleaded guilty to trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.

FILE - A billboard supporting legislation that would provide legal protection to manufacturers of pesticides such as Bayer's popular weedkiller Roundup, is shown in Jefferson City, Mo., May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File)

Weedkiller maker asks US Supreme Court to block lawsuits claiming it failed to warn about cancer

Read full article: Weedkiller maker asks US Supreme Court to block lawsuits claiming it failed to warn about cancer

Global chemical manufacturer Bayer wants the U.S. Supreme Court to halt thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn a popular weedkiller could case cancer.