"We have fully cooperated with all regulatory agencies and swiftly implemented corrective actions after voluntarily pausing the program in March 2024," Memorial Hermann said in a statement. "The goal since then has always been to reactivate the program as quickly and as safely as possible."

At a meeting on Feb. 20, 2025, the board of directors at the Organ Procurement and Transportation Network (OPTN) declared Memorial Hermann Hospital, University of Texas at Houston, a member not in good standing.

Traditional liver tumor treatments include surgery, chemo, and radiation. Now, doctors have a new tool in their toolbox to fight it, with a non-invasive procedure.

In the past, fatty liver disease was considered an adult sickness, but doctors are seeing an alarming trend of young children and teenagers being diagnosed with it.