The nation's organ transplant system will be overhauled following reports of rushed or premature surgeries, health officials ...

The investigation followed a review of a previous transplant case ordered by the Health Resources and Services Administration ...

A federal investigation revealed concerning practices in the organ donation system, in which procurement began while patients ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a sweeping reform initiative of the nation’s organ ...

"Our findings show that hospitals allowed the organ procurement process to begin when patients showed signs of life, and this ...

HHS unveiled plans to overhaul the nation’s organ transplant system after a probe uncovered serious ethical violations.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiated reforms of the country’s organ transplant system on Monday after a study of a major organ procurement organization revealed “disturbing ...

Organ Transplant chief, HHS Dr. Raymond Lynch discusses Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s call for organ donation reform on 'America's ...

More and more hospitals are declaring patients “brain dead” even though their circulation systems are still functioning.

The Department of Health and Human Services has directed the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) to begin ...

An HHS agency has directed the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to improve national monitoring and to reopen an investigation into a Louisville, Ky.-based organ procurement organization.

Health and Human Services is instituting sweeping changes after investigation revealed that organs were being procured from ...