That is what I am, a political prisoner. And not just me; there are others, too, because of their activism who are imprisoned right now.

Crystal Yancey with LifeShare Oklahoma says there's a big misconception that stops people from donating. "They don’t want to be an organ donor because maybe the hospital won’t save their life ...

Beverly's liver saved a 61-year-old woman, her kidneys went to a 31-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman, and her corneas restored sight for two people. “I call her my superhero because she did ...

Dr. Wilkinson said one of the most common ways to sign up to be an organ donor is at a DMV. For Missouri residents, you can register online here, and Kansas residents can register here.

Molly passed away suddenly from an undiagnosed medical condition at the age of 23. She was an organ donor. "And the hardest day of our life becomes the best day of someone else's life," said Molly ...

Families are finding their own living donors for organ transplants, sometimes at Children's Hospital Colorado, because of organ donor shortages and a lack of national register for things like livers.

It is Gift of Life’s 50th anniversary and its goal is to have 50,000 new people register as an organ donor. Part of the effort to raise awareness of organ donation is this year’s Donor Dash ...

During his papacy, Pope Francis was an outspoken supporter of organ donation, the medical term meaning when a person signs paperwork so that after they die, their organs can be used in transplants ...

When she was 3 weeks old, the left side of Addison McArthur’s heart stopped functioning, and she was put on the top of British Columbia’s transplant waiting list. Now, the Vancouver native ...

A few days later, she received the call she had been hoping for. On Mother’s Day of that year, the family’s heart surgeon said he’d had found a heart for Addison. Yong was so grateful, but ...

Moreover, organ-donor registration skyrocketed — from roughly 200 a day to around 600 daily — as coverage of Jacquez’s death and the ensuing tributes were most intense.