Jan. 20, 2006 — -- Brian Shane Regions is dying. Medications sustain the 34-year-old for now, but a heart transplant is his only hope of a cure for his congestive heart failure -- as is the case ...

Only four donors have transmitted rabies to organ transplant recipients since 1978, according to federal officials.

When a person needs an organ transplant, it is because one of their organs is working very poorly or failing. Undergoing an organ transplant can lengthen a person’s life and allow those with a chronic ...

Assistant Professor (Internal Medicine, Kidney Transplantation & Nephrology), Erasmus University Medical Center These reports and cases are part of a global proliferation of the organ trade that ...

As a new report claims that premature organ transplants have endangered donors, HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced plans for a new initiative to reform the system. Several families have ...

As part of its efforts to strengthen the country’s organ transplant system, the US Department of Health and Human Services says it is moving to decertify a major organ procurement organization – ...

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A Michigan resident who received a transplant in December died after having been infected with rabies from the new organ, the state health department said Wednesday. “A public health investigation ...

In late 2016, Dr. Francis Delmonico saw an unknown number coming up on his phone. The Vatican was calling. “One minute please for the foreign minister,” said the voice on the other end of the line. A ...

Reports and investigations reveal potential patient abuse related to organ transplants, including accelerating deaths for organ procurement. A federal investigation found a Kentucky organ procurement ...

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