Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin, a Pakistani American Muslim, led a team of U.S. surgeons that implanted a genetically modified pig heart into a human being. It was a medical first that could help solve the chronic shortage of organ donations. About 110,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant, and more than 6,000 patients die each […]
Top U.S. infectious-disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday reiterated the stark warning that COVID-19 will probably infect most Americans eventually, but added a caveat. He said “if you’re vaccinated and if you’re boosted, the chances of you getting sick are very, very low.” At a Senate hearing Tuesday, Fauci said that unvaccinated peo...
More than 60 U.S. organizations issued a joint statement Wednesday, calling for the total elimination of the country’s land-based nuclear missiles. They warned that the weapons are both an enormous waste of money and, most crucially, an existential threat to humankind. The advocacy groups Roots Action, Just Foreign Policy, Code Pink, Jew...
