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A dog that was seriously injured and brought to Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter is on the mend and looking for a new family. The animal shelter gave the dog, named Evander, an x-ray after noticing the bandage on its front leg. Veterinarians said the dog needed to be rushed to the emergency vet hospital, where they said his front leg…

NOTE: This story contains details that some readers may find disturbing. A dog that was seriously injured and brought to Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter has underwent surgery and is on the mend. The animal shelter gave the dog, named Evander, an x-ray after noticing the bandage on its front leg. The veterinarian said the dog needed to be rushed to…

Following an apparent accident in the water, Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte is sharing a “successful” update after undergoing surgery.

Pope Francis has made his first public appearance since surgery a week earlier

The Vatican says Pope Francis has “reacted well” to planned intestinal surgery at a Rome hospital

Former Vice President Mike Pence has undergone surgery to have a pacemaker implanted.

After an exhausting late night shoveling during Monday’s nor’easter, Bradford Gauthier of Worcester, Massachusetts, learned a lesson he won’t soon forget. “We have a 6-month-old baby, so we don’t watch TV at night in the room, so I always end up wearing my AirPods and just watching Netflix or whatever,” said Gauthier. But when he woke up Tuesday to...

22-year-old Joe DiMeo of New Jersey is the world’s first successful face and double-hand transplant.

When Ervina and Prefina were born two years ago, they were conjoined at the skull, back-to-back. For most of their lives, they never saw the other’s face except when they looked at their reflections in a mirror. In early June, the twins finally had the chance to gaze directly at each other after 30 doctors and nurses separated them during...

A new U.S. study shows Black children die more often after common surgeries than whites.

As COVID-19 has spread across the country in recent months, hospitals have postponed elective surgeries, nonemergency procedures that are scheduled in advance. Cosmetic surgery, hernia repair and cancer operations are among the wide range of elective surgeries that come with varying degrees of complexity and urgency, NBC News reports. The American Hospital Association published a road map to resuming elective surgeries on April...

Sometimes, you have to take matters into your own hands… While practicing social distancing and being in quarantine, Dax Shepard decided to remove the pin from his own broken arm. While it’s unclear how the 45-year-old actor broke his hand, it appears he’s not afraid to repair it. Trolling her husband over his pin removal, Kristen Bell cheekily captioned...

A tiny baby born four months early and weighing just 15-ounces has already made a name for herself at the San Diego Blood Bank.

More than 1,000 surgical patients are suing a northern Indiana hospital after being notified that a sterilization failure could have exposed them to deadly infections.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after recovering from surgery to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding from a fall. Carter Center spokeswoman Deanna Congileo said Wednesday that the Carters “look forward to enjoying Thanksgiving at home in Plains, where he will continue to recover.”

A man was seriously hurt after a fight at a Hartford night club led to a stabbing Sunday night, according to police.

The Waterbury community is rallying around Jaden Bracey, a 15-year-old Career Academy student battling a rare form of cancer.

Students at Career Academy in Waterbury are raising money to help support Jaden Bracey, a 15-year-old classmate who has been diagnosed with a rare cancer.

A student killed a fellow student and wounded three more in a shooting Thursday at a college in Russia before taking his own life, police said. Russia’s state Investigative Committee said the 19-year-old shooter brought a hunting rifle to class in Blagoveshchensk near the border with China and opened fire on students, killing one and severely injuring three more. It...

One-year-old Eleanor was diagnosed with a rare immunodeficiency shortly after she was born. Her parents never could have imagined that the key to her cure was on the football field in Connecticut.