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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Health and Human Services officials are planning to overhaul organ transplant systems in the U.S. The agency is taking this action in response to an investigation that discovered cases of organ ...

One of America's greatest tragedies -- the still-worsening opioid epidemic -- is obscuring another: Abject failures in our national organ donation system. Even worse, opponents of major reforms in our ...

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 ...

Congress demands answers after near-fatal mistakes in organ recovery flag potential systematic failure and threaten faith in donation. The U.S. is developing new safeguards for the organ transplant ...