Organ Donation

A paper and accompanying commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine propose allowing surgeons to remove hearts and other vital organs from consenting patients...

Raven Kinser, 25, checked a box at a Virginia DMV indicating she did not want to be an organ donor. After her death six months later at a Newport News hospital, her ...

Sgt. Cody Siebert, a well-loved K9 officer with the East Range Police Department in Minnesota, died suddenly on February 27, less than 24 hours after being diagnosed...

Emma Operacz, a 21-year-old college student, experienced a sudden and severe decline in health after what she initially believed to be a urinary tract infection. Des...

The article tells the story of Robb Layne, who volunteered to become a living organ donor for his friend Doris Pittell, who was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disea...

BBC News reported that 20-year-old Edward Pearce died in a crash on the A27 near Pevensey. The article says tributes have been paid following his death and that his ...

A BBC News report states that a boy named Dáithí, who was reported to have inspired a change in organ donation law in Northern Ireland, has received a new heart afte...

Jeni Stepien lost her father, Michael Stepien, when she was 23 after he was killed in a 2006 robbery. Michael’s family consented to organ donation; two days after hi...

Ailani Troncoso, age 4, was born with Alagille syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that caused progressive liver failure, severe itching, poor weight gain, and other c...