transplants

Chris Paxton received a kidney donation from his father in 1995. For two decades, he's been competing in the Olympic-style event honoring transplant recipients, donors and their families, and will now help lead a team from Missouri and Kansas.

The vast majority of liver transplants still use organs from a deceased donor, but that’s starting to change. Lindsee Wilson, a 41-year-old speech language pathologist in southwest Kansas, tells the story of donating part of her liver.

"You're giving up such a small portion of your day-to-day life for such a huge gain in the long run," says Lindsee Wilson about becoming a living organ donor.

It's harder for Kansans to get liver transplants than it used to be, highlighting inequities in a system that doctors say has always been unfair.

A four-year study will help develop AI software that will speed up the process of matching donated kidneys with patients in need, especially those not at the top of the transplant list.

Certain individual freedoms are fundamental rights in America, but those rights are not limitless. Ethicists say society has an obligation not to do harm to others.

The attackers were able to obtain some personal health information about deceased donors and organ recipients, including names, dates of birth and types of organ donation or transplantation procedures.

April is National Donate Life Month. It serves as a reminder of the importance that organ, eye and tissue donors can make in the lives of others.

How masks have become so politicized, and what prompted one Kansas City woman to become a living organ donor.

Doctors still struggle to treat COVID-19 survivors experiencing symptoms months after infection, a local transplant center takes extra care with organ recipients, and the legacy of a Kansas City Chiefs stand-out is examined in a new film.

Across the country, nearly 95,000 people are waiting for a kidney transplant. And the list has been growing for years. That's pushed some people to try...

Two Kansas City area hospitals joined 12 other transplant centers this week in a lawsuit over a new liver allocation policy that they say will result in…