Data: How does the U.S. womenâs soccer team pay compare to the men? U.S. Midfielder Megan Rapinoe is fouled by Colombia defender Angela Clavijo during the round of 16 in the FIFA 2015 womenâs World Cup. The U.S. went on to win the competition, their third World Cup championship.
Colleen Kohse is believed to be the longest living cystic fibrosis patient/survivor of a double heart/lung transplant. She went to England in 1989 for that and is celebrating two decades of good health. She is here with her Louisiana Catahoula Leopard dog named Bandit. Photograph by: Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun.
History of Transplants. The following is a reprint of information compiled and created by the Public Broadcasting Service, or PBS. The first successful kidney transplant was performed in 1954 by Dr. Joseph Murray at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. Richard and Ronald Herrick were identical twins, but Richard was dying of kidney disease. Ronald donated one of his kidneys, and it was successfully transplanted into Richard.