People opt out of organ donation programs after reports of a man mistakenly declared dead

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 mistakenly declared dead. It happened in 2021 and while details are murky surgery was...

Ex-NBA player, 'Survivor' contestant Scot Pollard makes contact with heart donor's family

One of the first things that former NBA player and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard made sure to do after receiving a heart transplant was to write down his feelings when they were fresh, in the hopes that he would someday share them with the donor’s family. “We want you to...

Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, US study shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. The study tracked 30 years of living kidney donation and found that by 2022, fewer than 1 of every 10,000...

A new study shows donating a kidney is even safer now than doctors have long thought

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study shows donating a kidney is even safer now than doctors have long thought.