The Department of Health and Human Services, under the direction of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., announced an initiative ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

The Department of Health and Human Services said Monday it has launched “a major initiative” to overhaul the nation’s organ ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched a reform of the organ-transplant system and threatened to close ...

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 ...