lung transplant

He was able to become one of nearly 30 people to receive a double lung transplant at UF Health since the start of the pandemic.

The operations are expensive, risky, and use a scarce resource — donated lungs — that might otherwise go to patients with cystic fibrosis or other diseases.

Siding with a preliminary decision by state regulators, an administrative law judge Tuesday recommended denial of plans by Nemours Children’s Hospital...

The state on Friday denied a request by Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando to establish a new pediatric heart transplant program.