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RFK Jr orders changes for organ donation network as report finds dozens were not dead when harvested

‘This is horrifying,’ HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., said.

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025

Editorial: More transplants, more saved lives: The demand and supply for human donor organs must be better matched

It’s a now-taken-for-granted miracle that each year in these United States, more than 40,000 people have many healthy years added to their lives by getting new kidneys, livers, hearts and, in rare cases, lungs. That’s terrific, but the bureaucratic apparatus that connects people in need to organs isn’t nearly as…

Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2023

Biden administration plans overhaul of organ transplant system

WASHINGTON — The Health Resources and Services Administration on Wednesday unveiled plans to break up the private nonprofit overseeing the nation’s organ transplantation system, and called on Congress to help.

Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023