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Emotional Moment as Mother Meets Boy With Her Daughter’s Heart

A year ago, in January 2023, Lena, a young girl from Kentucky, was fighting for her life as her mother, Denise Bargo, desperately tried to revive her.  “Lena started throwing up and had a fever,” she remembers. “She went limp in my arms, and I gave her CPR. I gave her breath to Corbin Hospital. ...

Nathan Machoka

Lena Skye Bargo with her mother.

New Law Proposed That Makes Every German an Organ Donor

Almost 2,000 Germans are said to have died last year while waiting for organ transplants. To remedy the issue, Health Minister Jens Spahn has put forward a draft law that might make the majority of German citizens organ donors by default. Organ donation in the country has fallen from 1,046 in 2011 to 797 by ...

Jack Roberts

German health minister Jens Spahn.