Health Isabella Cueto Moving xenotransplantation research into human trials will require adjusting our expectations, researchers say
Health Lauran Neergaard and Carla K. Johnson — Associated Press First person to receive a pig heart transplant dies after two months
Health Megan Molteni STAT Plus: First transplant of a genetically altered pig heart into a person sparks ethics questions
A STAT Investigation Usha Lee McFarling Orthopedic surgeons pride themselves on fixing things. Can they fix their own field’s lack of diversity?
Health Isabella Cueto Storing donor lungs at warmer temperatures keeps them viable far longer, study finds
Health Gideon Gil ‘I can still feel it’: Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real
First Opinion Shiza Abbasi and Carrie B. Dolan To improve children’s health in low-income countries, put pediatric surgery on par with preventing malaria or HIV
Health Trisha Pasricha Pregnancy tests are routine before many surgical procedures. But Dobbs has raised the stakes of a positive result
Health Miriam Shuchman Surgeons navigating their pregnancies see a bleak picture getting a bit brighter
Health Isabella Cueto By altering the blood type of lungs, researchers raise the possibility of universal organs for transplants
In the Lab Megan Molteni STAT Plus: A scientific pioneer finds herself on the sidelines of the race in xenotransplantation
A STAT Investigation Hyacinth Empinado and Usha Lee McFarling Watch: A rebel with a cause: As a mentor and a leader, this Black orthopedic surgeon fights to diversify his field
A STAT Investigation Usha Lee McFarling The whitest specialty: As medicine strives to close its diversity gaps, one field remains a stubborn outlier
Health Tech Isabella Cueto STAT Plus: A new surgical robot is smaller, nimbler, and cheaper, its maker claims. But will it be better for patients?
Health Isabella Cueto Black children have more complications during appendectomies and incur higher costs, study shows
Health Matthew Orr and Gideon Gil Watch: After nearly dying in Iraq, a veteran volunteers for a surgical first to ‘help the next troops’
Health Claudia López Lloreda Elective surgeries are being delayed again. Doctors want to handle it differently this time
Health Elizabeth Cooney Organ donations held almost steady during the pandemic, as the U.S. transplant system scrambled to keep going
Health Tech Katie Palmer STAT Plus: The success of a novel scoliosis surgery hinges on when growth spurts hit. Can new tools better predict them?
Health Theresa Gaffney Black children are more likely to die after surgery than white counterparts, new study finds
First Opinion Jason C. Pradarelli What Tom Brady and Beyoncé can teach surgeons: Coaching can keep you sharp
First Opinion Eric C. Sun and Anupam B. Jena ‘Overlapping surgery’ is safe for most patients, but not all
Health Christina Jewett — Kaiser Health News Despite red flags at California surgery centers, accreditors award gold seals
First Opinion Christopher Hartnick Taking risks in pursuit of innovation is good. So is preparing for it
First Opinion Matt Beane — The Conversation Young doctors struggle to learn robotic surgery and often practice in the shadows