Racial disparities: Young, Black adults had significantly worse heart transplant outcomes

DALLAS, Feb. 2, 2021 — Young, Black adults are more than twice as likely to die in the first year after a heart transplant when compared to same-age, non-Black heart transplant recipients, according to new research published today in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal. Research has consistently shown that Black heart transplant recipients…

¿Qué vacuna debo ponerme?

A primera vista, los resultados reportados el viernes 29 de enero, después de una larga espera por la prueba de la vacuna contra el coronavirus de Johnson & Johnson, quizá hayan sido decepcionantes. Su eficacia —la capacidad de prevenir una enfermedad moderada y severa— se ubicó en 72 por ciento en Estados Unidos, 66 por…

The Case of the Serial Sperm Donor

Moreover, unlike sperm banks in the Netherlands, which prohibit anonymous donation, international sperm banks commonly register donors under an alias or a number. Also, they rely on clients to voluntarily report the births of their children when keeping track of sperm donor offspring, and that tally is not always accurate. And there is no international…