U.S. Department of Health and Human Service

An Alabama woman received a pig kidney transplant last month and is free from dialysis for the first time eight years. Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ in a quest to make animal-to-human transplants a reality.

The Alabama Department of Public Health is announcing the implementation of a contract for the installation of septic systems for Lowndes County residents. This comes one year after a federal environmental justice probe found the state neglected the risks of raw sewage for residents.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that 624 Alabamians selected health insurance plans in the first month that Alabama's federally…