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‘One of the happiest moments of my life': Recipient of pig kidney transplant released from hospital
Richard Slayman of Weymouth was discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital after receiving the world’s first genetically-edited pig kidney transplant.
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New call for breast milk donors: ‘A community of moms looking out for moms'
During the new year the nonprofit Mother’s Milk Bank Northeast sees a drop in donations, and right now they’re looking for donor moms to donate breast milk. The nonprofit primarily services pre-term and medically fragile babies in the NICU, as well as families in the community. There are strict requirements for moms to donate, including a prescreening, health screening...
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24 years after Cold Storage fire, sons of ‘Worcester 6' work at city's fire department
It’s been 24 years since the Worcester Cold Storage warehouse fire killed six firefighters from the Massachusetts city’s department. All these years later, their legacies live on through some of their children, who are now part of the Worcester Fire Department themselves. NBC10 Boston spoke to one son ahead of Sunday’s somber milestone, who says Dec. 3, 1999, is a…
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Is this Salem seafood restaurant haunted?
Turner’s Seafood in Salem, Massachusetts, is home to authentic New England style seafood and paranormal activity. The restaurant sits on land with a history dating back to the 1600s. It was Bridget Bishop’s apple orchard, and to this day, some guests at the restaurant report the smell of apples. Bishop was the first to be hung in the Salem...
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Brain disorder affecting sight is a ‘hidden epidemic,' experts say
A local mom says her son’s cerebral-cortical visual impairment went undiagnosed by experts for years, until she took him to Watertown’s Perkins School for the Blind. Perkins School for the Blind is working to spread awareness for what it calls a hidden epidemic: Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Senior director of the CVI Center at Perkins, Ilse Willems, says that...
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Assistance dog helps students build social-emotional skills in Framingham High School
As students return to classrooms in Massachusetts, one Framingham school is showing success in a program that helps build academic and social-emotional skills for students. Framingham High School offers a program called Resiliency For Life. The program helps about 60 students in ninth through 12th grade through emotional challenges to achieve academic success. “Emotionally we see students who go from…
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Local Company Looks to Reduce Plastic Waste With Refillable Machines
A Woburn-based company is working to reduce plastic use one container at a time. Massachusetts native Petros Palandjian created Good Filling to help change the way consumers get cleaning and hygiene products, all while helping to reduce the amount of plastic used and thrown away. “Let’s take this idea of these zero waste stores that are offering refillable products...
