Patchwork state policies and limited federal oversight have led to a fragmented system for tracking organ donor status.

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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health Resources and Services Administration Administrator Thomas Engels says the agency is undertaking a sweeping overhaul of the ...

A nationwide debate is raging on about the U.S. organ transplant system: whether it’s the best one in the world or a mismanaged mess; whether it’s rooted in the latest technologies or stuck with ...

(CNN) -- The US government announced a plan Wednesday to overhaul the country's organ transplant system. The US Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration ...

In the United States, about 20 people die every day waiting for an organ transplant. Patients sometimes wait years for a match. Many others, disproportionately those of color, never even get placed on ...

The five vital organs in the human body are the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver. Other organs include the gallbladder, pancreas, and stomach. Organ systems, such as the nervous system, support ...

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 a ...