Howie's House, a haven for transplant patients in Philly, celebrates 15 years
A home away from home for transplant patients and their families in Philadelphia is celebrating a big milestone this week.
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A home away from home for transplant patients and their families in Philadelphia is celebrating a big milestone this week.
Howie's House has been providing low-cost housing, meals and a safe haven for transplant patients and their families in Philadelphia for 15 years. Reporter Stephanie Stahl reports on what the organization means for patients and volunteers.
Transplant patients participated in a Donor Dash at Penn Medicine to celebrate donors and their families.
A popular national brand has joined a Philadelphia kidney patient and advocate to raise awareness and save lives.
Philadelphia kidney patient and advocate Antoine Johnson teamed up with Spicybears to make a bag that they both hope will raise awareness about kidney donations and transplants and save lives.
Earl Jones is thriving after receiving a heart transplant at Temple University Hospital decades ago.
Sixty-year-old Earl Jones had a heart transplant at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia more than two decades ago. Now, he helps other families as a volunteer with the Gift of Life Donor Program.
Penn's first successful transplant was a kidney back in 1966. Since then, there have been thousands of life-saving operations.
For Kolin and his family, CHOP was a home away from home while he waited for a heart transplant.
A Facebook post connected two Philadelphia families who now share a special link through organ donation.
A lifelong Philadelphia Eagles fan is celebrating his team's Super Bowl victory while recovering from a life-saving organ transplant.
A passionate Philadelphia Eagles fan is celebrating the Birds' Super Bowl win over the Kansas City Chiefs as well as a recent organ transplant that saved his life.
A Montgomery County woman received an organ donation for her second lung transplant with help from the FBI. Stephanie Stahl reports.
A Montgomery County man shares his journey of survival thanks to the Gift of Life Donor Program as part of National Minority Donor Awareness Month.
August 1 is PA Donor Day, encouraging Pennsylvanians to register as an organ and tissue donor. One donor tragically killed at age 22 was able to save six people's lives.
A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Health reporter Stephanie Stahl has the story.
Lisa Pisano, a woman who received a mechanical heart pump in addition to a pig kidney transplant earlier this year, has died.
New technology is improving the organ transplant process, which means donors can save even more lives.
New technology is making organ transplants better and easier than ever. Health reporter Stephanie Stahl explains how one man benefited from the new process.
This is a mother-son love match in Delaware County with a special connection on National Donor Day with a catch.
Aaron James lost most of his face in a 2021 work accident where he accidentally touched a live wire.
Krystal Valianti is now back to work as a preschool teacher at Woodlynne Public Schools after the kidney donation in August.
Surgeons say the transplanted organ is still working a month after surgery.
This experiment marks the longest a genetically-engineered pig kidney has functioned after a transplant, according to NYU Langone Health.
A former South Jersey firefighter is celebrating the milestone of a lifetime with the Penn Medical team that saved his life.
