MINNESOTA, USA — There are more than more 100,000 people on the waiting list for an organ transplant. Of those waiting for kidneys, a majority of them are people of color. They're not only ...

More than 100,000 people are waiting for an organ donation, and organizers of a block party outside Howard University Hospital Sunday are hoping to break down health care barriers for people of color.

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In Steven Spielberg’s 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the first conversation between humans and aliens is a duet of music and visuals. The film’s narrative doesn’t offer even a tentative ...

Organ failure: Patients of color have 'been let down by the system' Part three of a Post Bulletin investigation into the organ transplant field, based on more than 60 hours of interviews with industry ...

I am a Black woman who has been waiting for seven years for a kidney transplant. The organ procurement system has failed me — apparently by design. In December 2021, a federal judge ordered that ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Organ donation is a gift that could save a life, but studies show minorities are less likely to make those donations and more likely to need them. It's an important issue, ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — There are over 100,000 people on the national waiting list for organ transplants. Cheyenne Louden was one of them until she received a heart transplant with the help of JJ ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: My wife is African American, and we just learned that she is going to need a kidney transplant. I heard that most of the people on the waitlist are people of color, and I’m wondering ...

It’s no secret that communities of color have struggled with the U.S. health care system based on years of discrimination, unethical care, poor access and policies that disadvantage them. These ...