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HARRISBURG, PA — In preparation for Pennsylvania’s second annual PA Donor Day on January 8, 2021, Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine is urging all Pennsylvanians to participate and register …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — On July 10, 2019, President Trump signed an Executive Order launching the Advancing American Kidney Health initiative, led by the Department of Health and Human Services. HHS …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) published an updated solid organ transplant guideline to assess donors and monitor …
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WEST READING, PA — Tower Health Transplant Institute (THTI) performed its first organ transplant at Reading Hospital on Monday, May 25. The three-and-a-half-hour kidney transplant surgery was performed by surgeons …
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WEST READING, PA — In recognition of National Kidney Month in March, Tower Health Transplant Institute will host “The Big Ask: The Big Give” workshop to teach kidney patients, their families, …
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WEST READING, PA — Each day, 20 people in the United States die while waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. Tower Health announced joining the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Governor Tom Wolf and his administration recently recognized the 25th anniversary of the Governor Robert P. Casey Memorial Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Trust Fund and highlighted …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took major steps to increase the availability of organs for the 113,000 Americans on waitlists for lifesaving organ …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine and Deputy Secretary for Driver and Vehicle Services Kurt Myers, along with representatives from Donate Life Pennsylvania, highlighted the importance of …
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