Yvette Townsend-Ingram, an at-large Democrat, has been absent from multiple recent commission meetings.

Surgeons at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center completed the first fully robotic heart transplant, a breakthrough procedure that could transform the future of heart surgery. The patient, Tony Ibarra, ...

At-large Commissioner Yvette Townsend Ingram shared on Facebook Thursday that she had open-heart surgery two weeks ago.

Doctors from Duke Health have reported a medical breakthrough in which an infant that underwent what they say is the "world's first partial heart transplant" has not only survived but is thriving, one ...

Forty years ago, all eyes were on Kentucky as "Baby Calvin" made history as he received the state's first pediatric heart ...

Mecklenburg County Commissioner Yvette Townsend-Ingram says she is recovering after undergoing open-heart surgery while ...

At 3 a.m. on a Monday morning in January of 2024, Jay Waddell got a phone call that he’ll never forget. Suddenly startled out of sleep and disoriented, Waddell answered the phone, hoping it was the ...

Four-year-old Daija Mae Jo Kent loves dance parties, horses and Sesame Street. Funny, affectionate and full of energy, the kind of child who gives hugs and kisses and tries to make people laugh. Now ...

A former Wales rugby international described the "crazy" and "very special" moment he held his own heart after a life-saving ...

For the first time ever, surgeons at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) successfully performed a heart transplant in which the donor organ never stopped beating. This revolutionary procedure ...