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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 ...

The scene at OneLegacy in Azusa on a recent Friday morning would have been familiar to anyone who’s been in a hospital intensive care unit. Three adults were tucked into hospital beds, still and ...

Around the world, organ donation policies vary greatly. Is it best to have a donation system where people have to opt in or opt out? To investigate, a team of researchers from the UK have analyzed the ...

The U.S. organ transplant system is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on an AI-driven algorithm framework, which launched March 9. This framework, known as continuous ...

Patients who spend years on waiting lists are not always the first to get organs, a Times investigation found. A surgical technician prepares instruments during a liver transplant ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiated reforms of the country’s organ transplant system on Monday after a study of a major organ procurement organization revealed “disturbing ...

Marcus Edsall-Parr, a teenage kidney patient in Michigan, has been getting dialysis treatments for years. Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times The sickest patients are supposed to get priority for ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that it’s undertaking an initiative to reform the country’s organ donation system, after a federal investigation found that one organization ...