India, Feb. 23 -- US Vice President JD Vance finally intervened after his 12-year-old cousin Adaline Deal was denied a heart transplant. Deal, who suffers from congenital heart abnormality that prevents her body from efficiently circulating oxygen and puts her at risk for sudden heart failure, is not vaccinated against COVID and flu.

The Cincinnati Children's Hospital in Ohio has refused to put her on its transplant waiting list since her parents her declined to vaccinate her against COVID due to their religious beliefs.

Speaking to The Cincinnati Enquirer, Jeneen, Adaline's mother, expressed shock. "Wow. So, it's not about the kid. It's not about saving her life," she said.

Jeneen is connected with Vance by marriage to his half-siblin...