Tag: lung-transplant
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Fourth patient linked to mold outbreak at Pittsburgh hospital dies
UPMC on Sunday confirmed the death of Che DuVall, 70, and extended its sympathies to his family. DuVall, who had a lung transplant, is the fourth transplant patient at the hospital system who contracted infection and died. “We again want to reassure our patients that we have taken every possible precaution to make our hospitals…
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Fourth patient linked to mold outbreak at Pittsburgh hospital dies
UPMC on Sunday confirmed the death of Che DuVall, 70, and extended its sympathies to his family. DuVall, who had a lung transplant, is the fourth transplant patient at the hospital system who contracted infection and died. “We again want to reassure our patients that we have taken every possible precaution to make our hospitals…
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Loan rejection may have been early warning of Taiwan building collapse
By Yimou Lee TAINAN, Taiwan (Reuters) – Before their apartment tower collapsed in a Taiwan earthquake at the weekend, a young couple living on the 14th floor had already been given a clue that the building was unsafe. Chen Yi-ting and her husband bought the apartment in the center of Tainan city five years ago,…
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Loan rejection may have been early warning of Taiwan building collapse
By Yimou Lee TAINAN, Taiwan (Reuters) – Before their apartment tower collapsed in a Taiwan earthquake at the weekend, a young couple living on the 14th floor had already been given a clue that the building was unsafe. Chen Yi-ting and her husband bought the apartment in the center of Tainan city five years ago,…
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Carnival roars ahead in Brazil despite Zika health scare
The worst health scare in recent history is not keeping Brazilians from their annual Carnival revelry, with millions of partiers swarming streets and some making fun of the mosquito that spreads Zika and other viruses. “It's one more thing to worry about,” said Juliana Araujo, a 48-year-old schoolteacher at a street party in Rio de…