More than 100,000 Americans are on the waitlist for a life-saving organ transplant and less than half receive one, according to Donate Life America. After giving birth to her son, Micah, Brittany ...
As I was getting ready to perform a kidney transplant from a deceased donor on a recent Saturday afternoon, my phone rang. When I saw the ID for the organ allocation coordinator, I knew immediately ...
ATLANTA — An average of 13 people die every day waiting for an organ transplant, and an Atlanta News First investigation found that in Georgia in 2024 alone, one in six organs were never transplanted.
DETROIT – Many of us probably either know someone who is registered to be an organ donor, or perhaps even thought about registering ourselves. For either party, it can be a worrying subject. Despite ...
ATLANTA (InvestigateTV) — One in five organs donated in the United States are never transplanted, despite more than 100,000 Americans waiting for life-saving organ transplants, our investigation ...
Patchwork state policies and limited federal oversight have led to a fragmented system for tracking organ donor status.