Children still account for the most deaths on the waitlist — an unnecessary result of complex guidelines that disadvantage the youngest candidates and a dearth of policy to regulate technological ...

After lupus caused kidney failure, 29-year-old Franchez Marshall avoided years on a transplant list when his brother donated ...

March is more than “Madness,” it is also National Kidney Month. It’s a critical time to raise awareness about kidney disease and donations.

Global veterinary leaders unite in a Prevention Pledge urging year-round parasite control as fleas, ticks, and worms spread, raising emerging disease risks for pets and people. More than 40 veterinary ...

Implementation of a race-neutral eGFR equation contributed to more than 20,000 wait-time modifications and more kidney transplants for Black transplant candidates, according to study data published in ...

A Maine toddler, Braeden Jacobs, has a rare disease that has led to new complications, mounting bills, and a family asking for help.

Oregon was one of about a dozen states that have avoided the disease and the fungus that causes it since it first showed up ...

The CDC’s travel advisory includes the United Kingdom, Germany, Pakistan and 27 other countries. How concerned should you be?

Women continue to be underrepresented in cardiology, even as heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S. These five physicians are among those helping to change that, advancing ...

The US is no stranger to epidemics. As far back as the 1600s, for example, Americans were falling victim to smallpox. Since then, several epidemics have visited the nation, some claiming thousands of ...

About 80 percent of the U.S. food supply is regulated by the FDA with the remainder — meat, poultry, catfish and egg products other then shell eggs - being under the authority of the U.S. Department ...