John Bonifield
Supervising Producer, CNN Health
John Bonifield is a supervising producer for the CNN Medical Unit, working primarily with CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen.
How paralyzed patients are able to stand again
By Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent, and John Bonifield, CNNIn what's being hailed as a breakthrough in spinal cord injury research, four men paralyzed from the chest down have risen from their wheelchairs on their own volition and effort.
One year later, your ALS Ice Bucket money goes to ...
By John Bonifield, CNNTo raise awareness for ALS, Chris Kennedy poured a bucket of ice water over his head. A year ago Wednesday, he posted the video to his social network.
What to know about St. Mary's children's heart surgery mortality rates
By Elizabeth Cohen and John Bonifield, CNNCNN's investigation of pediatric open heart mortality rates at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, showed that the hospital had a much higher death rate than the national average. Both the hospital and state of Florida have responded with documents that criticize CNN's methodology.
Surgical death rates for babies kept secret from parents
By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical CorrespondentTake a look at a newborn's tiny fist. Now imagine the fist is a heart -- they're about the same size -- and a surgeon must operate on it. Patch up holes. Widen vessels the diameter of a cocktail straw. Sew in thin plastic tubing.
Secret deaths: CNN finds high surgical death rate for children at a Florida hospital
By Elizabeth Cohen and John Bonifield, CNN MedicalShe was only 7 weeks old, weighed a mere 10 pounds, and had just had delicate surgery to widen a narrowing in her aorta, the vessel that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. If that wasn't enough, after the surgery, Layla McCarthy stopped moving her legs. The doctors couldn't explain why.
Hospital suspends elective heart surgeries on children after CNN investigation
By Elizabeth Cohen and John BonifieldSt. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, has suspended elective pediatric heart surgeries after a CNN investigation calculated that the program had a mortality rate for open heart surgeries three times higher than the national average.
CNN report on high mortality rate for babies at Florida hospital leads to inquiry
By Elizabeth Cohen and John Bonifield, CNNThe Federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched an investigation into deaths of babies following open heart surgeries at St. Mary's Medical Center in Florida.