With more than a fifth of kidneys now allocated outside the established order, serious concerns about transparency, fairness, ...

"As Hispanics, we must understand that we need to have these types of conversations with our loved ones to define our ...

Critics of the country’s troubled organ transplantation system say the new board of directors overseeing the network needs to be torn down and replaced. Although a federal law is in effect to ...

There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re commonplace now, but the practice was considered experimental only a half-century ago. Until just the past ...

But critics of the country’s sluggish organ transplantation system say there should be many more. Last year, surgeons in the United States transplanted 48,000 organs, more than ever before.

Becoming an organ donor has never been easier. Registration is available online when renewing a driver's license or, for iPhone users, through an app. Still, the people who desperately need ...

The story of transplants has always been one of altruism. After all, organs can be neither sold nor purchased. They can only be donated as a gift of life. It is a story that started in 1954 ...

Last year in the United States, 24,020 people donated their organs for transplantation, around three-quarters of them after death. Their donations improved far more lives than that because some ...

Zbin’s experience illustrates a growing trend in organ transplantation — living donation, where people give kidneys or portions of their liver while they’re still alive. It’s a procedure ...

Health officials are asking residents to make sure their pets' vaccinations are up to date and to avoid touching bats or wild animals after a bat found in Morgan County tested positive for rabies.