The US hospital which carried out the operation said Rick Slayman’s death was not a result of the transplant.
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Patients say the device allows them to reduce the number of hospital visits involved in cancer care.
Five babies have died from the infection amid a rise in cases in the UK.
BBC Wales’ Lucy Owen on her mum’s regrets at taking no notice of bowel cancer test offers.
Lawyers tell the BBC people infected after September 1991 should be allowed to claim compensation.
Tanya Shepherd has received pioneering blood treatment to prevent her body rejecting her new hands.
There were 1,300 cases of the bacterial infection in March, after just over 900 in February in England.
About 1,750 people are unaware they got the virus from blood transfusions in the 70s, 80s and 90s.
Opal, 18 months, can now hear – even a whisper – after becoming the first person to try a new treatment.
A leading NHS boss says firms are deliberately targeting areas where nurses are in short supply.