Cystic Fibrosis

Girl's lung transplant leaves thorny ethical questions

2013-06-12 18:09:00

The emails arrived by the dozens. Then the hundreds. Then the thousands. Family and friends of Sarah Murnaghan had posted an online petition demanding that the 10-year-old, whose lungs were ravaged by cystic fibrosis, be given the same access as...

Family says prognosis is good for girl's adult lung transplant

2013-06-12 14:34:00

Hours into the delicate lung transplant surgery designed to save her life, the prognosis for 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan was good, a family spokeswoman said Wednesday. Speaking by cellphone from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, spokeswoman Maureen...

Pennsylvania girl who got on adult donor list gets lung transplant

2013-06-12 12:09:00

The critically ill 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who was at the center of efforts to allow children younger than 12 to receive adult lungs was in surgery undergoing a transplant on Wednesday. Sarah Murnaghan, who suffers from severe cystic fibrosis, was...

Philadelphia rulings on dying children spur debate on transplants

2013-06-07 14:40:00

A second dying child has been given a chance to get a transplant of adult lungs, the latest step in a debate over a policy that has raised medical and legal questions. Javier Acosta, 11, has been placed on the official list to receive an adult lung...

Pennsylvania girl given opportunity for adult lung transplant

2013-06-06 13:16:00

A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl has been given a chance at a transplant that could save her life after a judge ordered that the desperately ill child be added to the list of those hoping to receive an adult lung. The case, involving Sarah Murnaghan,...

The rules of organ transplant vs. a dying little girl

2013-06-06 13:36:00

Was U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius being rigid and cruel when she refused an exception to the rules so a 10-year-old girl could receive a lung transplant from an adult? The girl, Sarah Murnaghan, was placed on the adult...

'American Idol' recap: Hollywood Week -- for boys only

2013-02-07 09:46:00

It's Hollywood Week on "American Idol." That usually means we're in for some drama and tension, especially during the dreaded group round – scenes of stressed-out contestants strolling around looking for kindred spirits, flashes of anger,...

'American Idol' recap: Steven Tyler in drag? OK!

2013-02-01 09:14:00

Apart from Steven Tyler, dressed in drag and calling himself "Pepper," stopping by to spice things up -- he got in a bleeped-out word, a head-scratching farm-animal reference and a moon in record time – things were relatively tame at "American Idol'...

Stair climbs: Getting a leg up

2012-08-18 00:00:00

I call Stan Schwartz a "stair-ologist." But he prefers a warmer, cuddlier term. "I'm a nerd," says the 52-year-old system analyst for the earthquake computer at Caltech. "I studied the staircase in this building like a bug under a microscope. I took...

Former British prime minister contradicts Murdoch's statement

2012-06-11 16:39:40

My Turn: Ready to celebrate a new hope for cystic fibrosis

2012-01-09 00:00:00

For years, a picture of Dr. Francis Collins, torn from the pages of a 1989 issue of Newsweek, held fast to our refrigerator door. Two red magnets placed him in the middle of Little League schedules, school rosters and Citizen of the Month certificates....

Cystic fibrosis drug ivacaftor offers patients new hope

2011-11-02 16:51:00

All her life, Lindsay Shipp knew that she was dying. As a baby, she would cry after eating, and salt collected on her forehead. The diagnosis was cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic disease that, at the time, meant a life expectancy of 18 years. The...

Javier Acosta, 11, of New York has cystic fibrosis and is in intensive care at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He won the right to be added to the adult waiting list to receive a lung transplant.

2013-06-07 13:50:01

Catie Breslin of Hagerstown has cystic fibrosis. She said she doesn�t let the disease define who she is and she remains active.

2013-05-03 14:31:00

Serena Miller and The Riot perform as The Recher Theatre holds its last live concert today.

2013-03-31 00:00:00