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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Markup reports on the critical need for organ donation, highlighting personal stories, myths, and ongoing disparities in access and equity.

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 ...

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 who showed ...

The U.S. 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 ...

Doctors use the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, previously known as the sepsis-related organ failure assessment, to measure a person’s organ function or failure rate. SOFA is a ...