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HHS to Reform Organ Transplant System After Donors Showed 'Signs of Life'
Patients with "neurological signs incompatible" to organ donation, HHS officials said.
Some patients may not have been deceased when organ procurement efforts began, prompting serious ethical and legal questions.
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HHS to Reform Organ Transplant System After Donors Showed 'Signs of Life'

The nation's organ transplant system will be overhauled following reports of rushed or premature surgeries, health officials said Monday.

Newsweek
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A biased test kept Black people from getting a kidney transplant
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A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing

A racially biased test delayed Black patients from getting a kidney transplant and now more than 14,000 are part of a move to make amends. The U.S. transplant system ordered hospitals to quit using a test that made Black patients' kidneys appear healthier than they really were. Next hospitals had to dig through years-old records to determine which patients should have been put on the transplant list sooner and give them credit for lost time. It's part of a huge problem — formulas embedded in treatment guidelines, risk calculators and other medical decisions that put people of color at disadvantage.

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