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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 ...

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 ...

The five vital organs in the human body are the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver. Other organs include the gallbladder, pancreas, and stomach. Organ systems, such as the nervous system, support ...

WASHINGTON — 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 patients ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Thomas Engels is the administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Organ donation can be a profound last gift of ...

WASHINGTON - Congress approved a thorough revamp of the troubled U.S. organ transplant system Thursday, providing health officials with the authority to break monopoly control of the way kidneys, ...

Families in need of lifesaving organs have had to trust an organ transplantation system that has failed many, alleged Barry Friedman, executive director of the AdventHealth Transplant Institute, in a ...

There are more than 40,000 organ transplants performed each year nationwide, illustrating how the organ transplant system can transform lives — but that’s when it works. 1,400 people sit on the ...

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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 ...