Most people don’t think about the spleen when they get vaccinated, but this small organ plays a key role in the immune system. Located under the ribcage on the left ...

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… ...

Federal government data shows that more than 100,000 people in the US are awaiting organ transplants, and about 6,000 Americans per year die while waiting for lifesaving organs.

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 ...

The current system for organ transplants was set up in 1984, when Congress passed the National Organ Transplant Act. That law created the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network’s board, a ...

Sick and Skipped Over: How We Investigated the Organ Transplant System. Patients who spend years on waiting lists are not always the first to get organs, a Times investigation found.

And it is usually just one organ or organ system. For some, it’s a calcium-clogged heart. For others, kidneys that no longer filter. They might all work a little less well as we get older, ...

Biden’s proposed 2024 budget also includes a $36 million increase in investment in the organ transplant system. HRSA, an agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, ...

“This is a banner day in the effort to improve the organ transplant system in the United States,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D - Oregon), one of the main sponsors of the bill, said about its signing.

President Joe Biden is set to sign into law a new bill that the White House says will save lives for Americans in need of an organ transplant.. Biden on Friday will sign a bipartisan piece of ...

Last week, the government announced plans to completely overhaul the organ transplant system in America. This includes breaking up The United Network for Sharing Organs (UNOS)'s multi-decade ...

W ASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Wednesday it will attempt to break up the network that runs the nation’s organ transplant system as part of a broader modernization effort.. More ...