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Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think – who’s behind it and how it could be controlled

A Sudanese man who testified to selling a kidney to traffickers in 2017. Oliver Weiken/picture alliance via Getty Images by Frederike Ambagtsheer, Erasmus University Medical...

‘Lady J,’ Jou-AL Burwell, looking for a live kidney donor ‘

REV. JAMES D. BURWELL, JOU-AL BURWELL, GABRI-ELLE BURWELL I plan on living long and living strong,' Lady J says   As you’re reading this, Jou-AL Burwell, also...

Kidneys from Black donors are more likely to be thrown away

Corey Mayes at his New York home on Feb. 10, 2023, after receiving a kidney transplant. Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images − a bioethicist...

A 9-year-old Zelienople boy’s health crisis sheds light on the need for diversity in organ donors

Jax Ramirez, 9, shows his glucose levels tracked on a phone app, Monday, March 18, in his yard in Zelienople. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource) Jax...

14,000 Black patients move up kidney transplant list due to racist testing

Over 14,000 Black patients have been moved up kidney transplant lists following revelations of racist medical testing. One of those patients, 29-year-old Jazmin Evans, was...

Reality of kidney disease in Black America

Kidney disease, a shadowed giant within Black America, has long lurked in the background of public health discussions, its significance often underestimated in the...

Increasing organ donation in the US requires engagement of communities of color

Janice Whaley, president and CEO, Donor Network West, speaks on how increasing organ donation in the U.S. requires engagement of communities of color. Organ transplantation...

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