Teenagers aren’t supposed to struggle to breathe. But two years ago, Micah Clayborne, a then-active 13-year-old middle school tennis player, knew something was wrong. Still, he pushed through the ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that it’s undertaking an initiative to reform the country’s organ donation system, after a federal investigation found that one ...

Desiree Rios for Word In Black Word In Black’s “ On Borrowed Time ” series explored why there is so much mistrust among Black folks toward the organ donation process, what barriers block their access ...

He says that more than 20 years ago, when he began his career, the system wasn’t as equitable as it is today, for several reasons. Since the late 1970s, computer algorithms have matched organ donors ...