A Texas family sued to stop a hospital from testing whether their child was brain-dead. Opposition to the test has been ...

Although it receives a lot of attention, brain death is relatively rare, accounting for around 2% of all adult hospital deaths in the United States. There are also misconceptions around what brain ...

Brain death, defined as the irreversible cessation of all brain function, is both a clinical and legal determination that allows for the ethical procurement of organs for transplantation. Its ...

An entire mammalian brain has been successfully preserved using a technique that will now be offered to people who are terminally ill. The intention is to preserve all the neural information thought ...

Texas Children's Hospital in Houston on June 21, 2026. Parents of a 2-year-old girl involved in a drowning incident on Memorial Day have sued to stop Texas Children's Hospital from testing if she's ...