Inequities in access to transplant are in part due to the nature and organization of the selection process. The limited organ supply and rising incidence of end-stage organ disease have resulted in a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is developing new safeguards for the organ transplant system after a government investigation found a Kentucky group continued preparations for organ donation by some ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- There could be big changes ahead for Richmond-based United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and the way organ donations are handled in the United States. President Joe Biden recently ...

A nationwide debate is raging on about the U.S. organ transplant system: whether it’s the best one in the world or a mismanaged mess; whether it’s rooted in the latest technologies or stuck with ...

In the United States, about 20 people die every day waiting for an organ transplant. Patients sometimes wait years for a match. Many others, disproportionately those of color, never even get placed on ...

Nearly 115,000 people are currently waiting for a new organ. But the shortage crisis is nothing new, as 5,600 people die each year waiting for an organ. Ali Rogin spoke with Barry Friedman, the former ...

I am a Black woman who has been waiting for seven years for a kidney transplant. The organ procurement system has failed me — apparently by design. In December 2021, a federal judge ordered that ...

The organ transplant system in the United States is getting a major overhaul, health officials announced Monday. The Department of Health and Human Services promised to reform the nation's organ ...

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