WASHINGTON (AP) — Transplant experts are seeing a spike in people revoking organ donor registrations, their confidence shaken by reports that organs were nearly retrieved from a Kentucky man ...

Transplant experts are seeing a spike in people revoking organ donor registrations, their confidence shaken by reports that organs were nearly retrieved from a Kentucky man mistakenly declared dead.

New research has shown opt-out organ donation policies may reduce living organ donors, leaving systems overall no better supplied with lifesaving organs. Opt-out organ donation policies which enrol ...

With the demand for donor organs far outstripping the supply, calls for changes in public policy are growing. An opt-out (‘presumed consent’) default policy is often seen as a promising approach. This ...

Nearly 118,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for organ transplants, and an estimated 8,000 of them will not live long enough to receive a transplant, according to STAT. As they search for solutions ...

Every day, 17 Americans die while waiting for an organ transplant. Opt-out organ donation policies, which enroll everyone into post-mortem donation programs by default unless people choose to opt out, ...