Jen Christensen

Atlanta

Writer and Producer at CNN

Writer for https://t.co/lS4gy6ZgtC & Producer for CNN (Health, Climate, Social Justice, & Investigative). National VP of Broadcast NLGJA.🏳️‍🌈 she/her, Bennington, Butler grad

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Articles

¿Tienen las mujeres transgénero una ventaja atlética? Esto es lo que dice –y lo que no dice– la ciencia | CNN

1 week ago | cnnespanol.cnn.com | Jen Christensen |Elizabeth Wolfe

CNN — ¿Qué está en juego cuando una fracción de segundo, la longitud de un brazo extendido o el peso de un cuerpo en movimiento pueden significar la diferencia entre la victoria y la derrota?
Do transgender women have an athletic advantage? Here’s what the science does – and doesn’t – say | CNN

1 week ago | cnn.com | Jen Christensen |Elizabeth Wolfe

President Donald Trump has brought the effort to ban trans women and girls from participating in athletics to the White House. Lindsey Wasson/AP See all topics Email Link Copied! What are the stakes when a fraction of a second, the length of an extended arm or the weight of a body in motion can mean the difference between victory and defeat?
FDA requires Covid vaccine makers to expand warning about risk of rare heart inflammation

2 weeks ago | cnn.com | Jen Christensen

The FDA is telling Pfizer and Moderna to expand warning labels about the risk of a rare heart condition after Covid-19 vaccination. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images See all topics Email Link Copied! The US Food and Drug Administration will now require Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to use expanded warning labels with more information about the risk of a rare heart condition after vaccination.
Da primeira doação a órgãos de animais: conheça a evolução dos transplantes

2 weeks ago | cnnbrasil.com.br | Jen Christensen |Amanda Sealy |Nadia Kounang

Houve mais de 48.000 transplantes de órgãos nos Estados Unidos no ano passado. Hoje são procedimentos comuns, mas a prática era considerada experimental há apenas meio século. Até poucos anos atrás, os transplantes quase sempre envolviam órgãos humanos. Agora, experimentos iniciais em xenotransplante — transplante de órgãos de animais em humanos — estão criando possíveis caminhos para salvar vidas. Leia mais Os animais são a resposta?
The gift of life: A visual history of organ transplantation

2 weeks ago | cnn.com | Jen Christensen |Amanda Sealy |Nadia Kounang

See all topics Email Link Copied! EDITOR’S NOTE: Watch “Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Animal Pharm” on Sunday, May 18, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re commonplace now, but the practice was considered experimental only a half-century ago. Until just the past few years, transplants almost always involved human organs.
The gift of life: A visual history of organ transplantation

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jen Christensen |Amanda Sealy |Nadia Kounang

EDITOR’S NOTE: Watch “Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Animal Pharm” on Sunday, May 18, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re commonplace now, but the practice was considered experimental only a half-century ago. Until just the past few years, transplants almost always involved human organs. Now, early experiments in xenotransplantation — transplanting animal organs into humans — are creating potential pathways to save lives.
Homem com rim de porco diz que transplante o fez “nascer de novo“

3 weeks ago | cnnbrasil.com.br | Jen Christensen

Tim Andrews sabia que precisava de diálise para controlar sua doença renal em estágio terminal, mas após meses de tratamento, começou a questionar se valia a pena. Estava exausto e sem esperança. Sentia falta dos netos. Isso o manteve vivo, mas não parecia estar vivendo. Desesperado por outra opção, encontrou uma alternativa surpreendente: um órgão de porco. Andrews, 67 anos, é um pioneiro de um novo tipo de medicina.
He was tired of just surviving. A pig kidney gave him a shot at living

3 weeks ago | cnn.com | Jen Christensen

Tim Andrews' organ donor departs the eGenesis facility. CNN See all topics Email Link Copied! EDITOR’S NOTE: Watch “Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Animal Pharm” on Sunday, May 18 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. Tim Andrews knew that he needed dialysis to manage his end-stage kidney disease, but over months of treatment, he started to wonder whether it was worth it. He was exhausted and hopeless. He missed his grandkids.
Trump administration releases 400-page review of gender dysphoria treatment for youths but won’t say who wrote it

1 month ago | news8000.com | Jen Christensen |Jamie Gumbrecht

(CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released a 400-page review of treatment for gender dysphoria in children but did not disclose who authored or reviewed the report. The report follows several actions by President Donald Trump’s administration to halt gender-affirming treatment of transgender children and adolescents and cancel research about the transgender community. “Contributors to the review include medical doctors, medical ethicists, and a methodologist.
Trump administration releases 400-page review of gender dysphoria treatment for youths but won’t say who wrote it

1 month ago | channel3000.com | Jen Christensen |Jamie Gumbrecht

(CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released a 400-page review of treatment for gender dysphoria in children but did not disclose who authored or reviewed the report. The report follows several actions by President Donald Trump’s administration to halt gender-affirming treatment of transgender children and adolescents and cancel research about the transgender community. “Contributors to the review include medical doctors, medical ethicists, and a methodologist.