The Trump administration announced a proposed change to rules it hopes will radically transform the kidney donation system in the United States resulting in 5,000 more organ transplants a year.

Every year, 6,000 people die waiting for a transplant. The U.S. organ transplant system is antiquated – and updating it could save thousands of lives.

Soon after the kidney arrived in Illinois, the multi-organ operation was canceled. Under the transplant system’s rules, LifeGift was supposed to offer the kidney to Marcus.

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 ...

Dialysis is a treatment that takes over your kidney functions if those organs stop doing their job. If your kidney disease becomes very severe and crosses a point where there's not enough function ...

In the United States, the above-board system for kidney transplants is, in a word, constrained. About 80,000 Americans currently await a kidney for transplant.