The Hill

New Jersey group attempted to harvest organs from patient with signs of life, House panel alleges

The House Ways and Means Committee is demanding an answer from a New Jersey organ donation group accused of engaging in illegal practices, including harvesting organs from a person who was showing ...
TheWrap

‘The Pitt’ Boosts Organ Donation Sign-Ups and End-of-Life Conversations Among Viewers, USC Study Finds

HBO’s Emmy-winning series “The Pitt” is doing more than just getting viewers hooked on its drama; it’s inspiring them to become organ donors and get a head start on their end-of-life planning, a study ...
Variety

‘The Pitt’ Has Inspired More Organ Donation and End-of-Life Planning, According to USC Norman Lear Center Study

After just one season, Emmy-winning drama “The Pitt” is already having an impact on healthcare conversations. That’s the finding from a new study released Monday by the USC Norman Lear Center, which ...
CBS News

Here's how the first concert organ in the U.S. ended up in a Boston suburb

When you drive past Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, Massachusetts, you might think it's an old city building. But it was built by a very wealthy local man just to house one spectacular ...
CBS News

RFK Jr. announces move to decertify organ procurement organization amid efforts to reform organ donation

Washington — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Thursday new action to reform the nation's organ transplant system, as well as a move to decertify an organ ...
Religion News Service

The oldest pipe organ in the Christian world sounds after 800 years of silence

JERUSALEM (AP) — After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world roared back to life Tuesday, its ancient sound echoing through a monastery in ...
Newsweek

Seeing Growing Exodus, State Organ Donor Registries Urge ‘Perspective’

More than 5,000 people have removed themselves from California's organ donor registry as part of an escalating national shift in the wake of federal scrutiny and reporting by the New York Times, ...
USA Today

Organ transplant investigations expose grisly stories of patient abuse | Opinion

Reports and investigations reveal potential patient abuse related to organ transplants, including accelerating deaths for organ procurement. A federal investigation found a Kentucky organ procurement ...
CNN

HHS: How we’re fixing the organ transplant system that betrayed America

EDITOR’S NOTE: Thomas Engels is the administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Organ donation can be a profound last gift of ...
New York Post

Organ donors’ lives endangered by rushed transplant procedures, investigation finds

As a new report claims that premature organ transplants have endangered donors, HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced plans for a new initiative to reform the system. Several families have ...
STAT

After explosive federal report, Congress fears plummeting trust in organ donation

Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington correspondent at STAT, where she covers HHS. You can reach Chelsea on Signal at chelseacirruzzo.42. WASHINGTON — Members of a congressional oversight committee said ...