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Early success with a procedure called a mitochondrial transplant offers a glimmer of hope for people fighting for survival after cardiac arrest, stroke, and more.

Science shows the value of boosters against COVID, but many vaccinated people haven't gotten the shot. About 40% of people who are eligible have been boosted, which could be bad if COVID surges again.

The New Normal: What will happen if you skip the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine? Doctor explains how gaining immunity works News 12 Staff Updated on:Apr 26, 2021, 12:20pm EDT News 12s Elizabeth Hashagen was joined by Dr. Lance Becker, the chair of Emergency Medicine at Northwell Health, to answer your questions about the safety of COVID-19 vaccinations. New polls from ABC News and the Washington Post have found that fewer than half of Americans see the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine...

>> is he awake and talking to you or not? >> no, hes not. >> hurry up. >> im going to give you some instructions. stay on the line with me. >> christopher! >> christopher was chris brooks, 22 years old, months from college graduation. he was working construction part time and living at home with his family. when that 911 call came in chris brooks was dead, clinically dead for more than 15 minutes. his heart stopped beating shortly after 3:00 in the morning on november 15, 2008. but her...

>> im going to give you some instructions. stay on the line with me. >> christopher! >> christopher was chris brooks, 22 years old, months from college graduation. he was working construction part time and living at home with his family. when that 911 call came in chris brooks was dead, clinically dead for more than 15 minutes. his heart stopped beating shortly after 3:00 in the morning on november 15, 2008. but heres the thing. it wasnt the end. in his case and in several others you a...

i dont know what is going on. i dont know if he is snoring. yes. >> is he awake and talking to you or not? >> no, hes not. >> hurry up. >> im going to give you some instructions. stay on the line with me. >> christopher! >> christopher was chris brooks, 22 years old, months from college graduation. he was working construction part time and living at home with his family. when that 911 call came in, chris brooks was dead, clinically dead for more than 15 minutes. his heart stopped beati...

welcome to a very special edition of sgmd. im dr. sanjay gupta. if you want to save a life, you need to learn cpr. the american heart association has introduced some brand new guidelines the old way. check for a pulse. check for breathing. give artificial respirations, mouth to mouth. you can forget it. now if you see someone on the ground unresponsive, not breathing normally, you need to start pressing on their chest right away. its not fancy, but it works. and its part of something e...

need to learn cpr. there are brand-new guidelines. the old way, check for a pulse. give mouth to mouth. forget it. now, if you see someone on the ground, not responsive, start pressing on their chest right away. itis not fancy, but it works. its part of something else, a big revolution in emergency care having successful results. you are about to see it here on cheating death. >> 911, whats the emergency. >> middletown, township. >> whats the problem. >> caller: my son is not respondin...

temperatures only falling into upper 70s overnight. and 79 in reagan national and baltimore. ocean city is 77. there is no relief out there this morning. 80 in winchester and 78 to start your morning in hagerstown. looking at our satellite radar, a lot of heat and humidity parked across the mid-atlantic. off to the north and west here out into ohio, east of cleveland we have a cold front moving in our general direction later today and it will spark off scattered thunderstorms and some ...

community. just a note, we are protecting her identity. >> was really scared. i couldnt breathe. i was crying really bad. its so scary. >> reporter: just after 7:00 sunday evening, still broad daylight near a busy roadway at shoppers square in maple wood drive, police say a 15-year-old manassas girl was on her way to the shopping center. suddenly she says she noticed a man walking behind her. >> i turned around. he grabbed me. and all i remember really is he grabbed me and i started sc...