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Two double lung transplants. this summer alone. hr parents challenged national transplant rules and they won. sarahs recovery will focus on her building muscle strength so she will no longer rely on a breathing tube. >> members of the air force banned from eating a certain flavor of yogurt because it contains hemp seed. the air force warning personnel to stay away from chobanis blueberry power flip greek yogurt. the ban is in line with an anti-drug policy that prohibits products delivered from h...

Guarantee of no false positive test results. another health note. a new alarm against electronic cigarettes. a french study found that the e-cigarettes containing cancer causing chemicals, formaldehyde make them just as dangerous. as regular cigarettes. it comes after the french government announced plans in may to ban the e-cigarettes from public places. >> the pennsylvania girl whose case spurred a national debate about organ donation is going home from the hospital today. 10-year-old sarah mu...

Good morning. im diana perez. >> and im john muller. here are some of the top headlines we are following on "world news now." the giant wildfire in yosemite national park has now grown to more than 230 square miles. as it nears the main reservoir for the city of san francisco. firefighters are finally making headway. they have it 15% contained. >> scorching temperatures across the midwest have schools in several states ready to close early today like they did yesterday. the late summer heat wave...

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10-year-old sarah murnaghan is on a long road to recovery after getting a new set of lungs this week from an adult donor. sarahs case sparked a national debate over transplant rules. on the facebook page, sarahs mom posted a message about a new policy change. said she wanted to clear up, quote, misconceptions" about sarahs case. >> reporter: after a lifetime of cystic fibrosis, 18 months on a waiting list for a childs donor lungs, 10-year-old sarah murnaghans chances for survival slim. >> we kne...

The little girl whose story sparked a national debate over transplant rules is now spending her first day with a new set of donor lungs. doctors say 10-year-old sarah murnaghans lung transplant was a success. the committee that sets the transplant rules temporarily changed its policy to give young kids equal access to adult organs. that decision on monday allowed sarah to receive the donated lung yesterday. her family is optimistic that little sarah will be walking and playing soon again. good f...

The mob boss. so for him to have to sit there and willen to this as a murderer who killed women, you could see the frustration but he has to sit there quietly, and he has been. >> all right, milton. thank you for the update. time now for a gut check on "newsnation." sarah murnaghan, the 10-year-old girl whose family fought to get her on the adult transplant list is in surgery after a donor was found. is surgery is expected to last six hours. last week a federal judge ruled on saryr sarahs beha...

Jovan died while waiting for a lung on the childrens transplant list. he was the same age javier is now and also suffered from cystic fibrosis. >> its hard for me to tell my son, you know, you have to have faith and be hopeful, and this is going to happen for you, and inside knowing the chances are slim. it really hurts. its my only child now. and knowing the facts. >> reporter: and turning 12 is significant in these cases because thats how old you have to be to get on a priority list for adult ...

A 10-year-old girls battle to live. her name is sarah murnaghan. doctors say she will die possibly within weeks. sarah has been waiting for more than 18 months for donor lungs from another child. its a fact that pediatric lungs are scarce, scarcer than lungs from adult donors. here is another hard fact. children younger than 12, including sarah, no matter how sick they are, face a steep hurdle when it comes to getting adult lungs. the current transplant rules prevent them from being prioritized ...