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 ...

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 ...

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 Moore case appears to be a textbook example of a well-known problem with the VA’s organ transplant system. To focus specialized expertise and manage costs, the VA only does organ transplants at 13 ...

Surgical instruments and supplies lie on a table during a kidney transplant surgery in 2016 at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. (Molly Riley/AP) I concur with the March 28 ...

Surgical instruments are used during an organ transplant surgery at a hospital in Washington in June 2016. The U.S. counted its millionth organ transplant on Sept. 9, a milestone that comes at a ...

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 ...

Being present to witness the birth of my twins, Stokely and Sadie, changed my life. I was instantly moved to become a better version of myself, and my pursuit for a more just and equitable America was ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to transplant surgeon Dr. Dorry Segev about why the current system of organ allocation can be a death sentence for some patients. If you need an organ transplant, your chances ...