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Clinical Care
Donorcycles: Organ Donations, Transplants Spike During Big Motorcycle Rallies
Researchers urge the transplant community not to 'squander' the opportunity to harvest organs during mass rallies.
Clinical Care
AdventHealth Criticizes Organ Transplant System
"This system has failed many patients awaiting organ transplants due to the lack of oversight and accountability," says one health...
Technology
New Technology Keeps Donor Hearts Beating Longer During Transport
Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute is using a new portable system that increases the time and range of...
Clinical Care
6 Months to Live or Die: How Long Should an Alcoholic Liver Disease Patient Wait for a Transplant?
A widespread practice requires patients with alcoholic liver disease to complete a period of sobriety before they can get on...
Covid-19
Organ Centers to Transplant Patients: Get a COVID Shot or Move Down on Waitlist
Many transplant programs have chosen to either bar patients who refuse to take the COVID vaccines from receiving transplants, or...
Strategy
Congress Cites KHN Investigation in Probe of National Academies
The House probe focuses on conflicts of interest held by members of a committee currently reviewing U.S. organ donation and...
Covid-19
COVID Spawns 'Completely New Category' of Organ Transplants
COVID-related transplants are surging as hospitals grapple with a growing subset of patients whose organs ? most often hearts and...
Strategy
Push Is On for States to Ban Organ Transplant Discrimination
Denying organ transplants to people with intellectual disabilities like Down syndrome or autism is common, even though it is illegal...
Covid-19
Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Receiving COVID-Infected Lungs
Officials at the University of Michigan Medical School suggested it may be the first proven case of COVID in the...
Clinical Care
Leader of Newark Beth Israel's Troubled Heart Transplant Program Departs
Dr. Mark Zucker was put on administrative leave after ProPublica showed he told staff to keep a heart transplant patient...
Covid-19
Back to Life: COVID Lung Transplant Survivor Tells Her Story
Mayra Ramirez received a double lung transplant after COVID-19 caused irreversible damage to her lungs.
Covid-19
Fewer Traffic Collisions During Shutdown Means Longer Waits for Organ Donations
From March 8 to April 11, the number of organ donors who died in traffic collisions was down 23% nationwide,...