Kidney News Archives - Kidney Transplant Collaborative

Feb 10, 2026

Kidney Transplant Collaborative (KTC) Leads National Dialogue on Ending the Kidney Waitlist Crisis

Dr. Andy Howard, leading transplant physician and KTC co-chair, underscores living donation as the most effective path forward New York, NY — February 10, 2026 — The Kidney Transplant Collaborative (KTC) highlighted remarks delivered by Dr. Andy Howard, MD, FACP, chair of the Kidney Transplant Collaborative, at the recent Donald Molony, MD Dialysis Leadership Medical […]

Feb 4, 2026

Kidney Transplant Collaborative (KTC) Applauds Bipartisan Labor, Health and Human Services Bill Delivering Key Wins for Living Kidney Donors

New York, NY – February 4, 2026 –The Kidney Transplant Collaborative (KTC) applauds Congress upon enactment of the HOLD Act and approval of key appropriations to advance kidney care and transplant, contained in the 2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act passed by the Senate on January 30 and by the House on February 3. The bill delivers […]

Jan 29, 2026

NewsNation: Trump admin cracks down on organ transplant list

NewsNation – The Department of Health and Human Services is cracking down on hospitals and organizations over organ transplants. As many as 100,000 Americans are waiting to receive an organ, according to government data. NewsNation’s Anna Kooiman joins “Morning in America” to break down why the system for determining who is next on the list […]

Jan 22, 2026

AP News: Public mistrust linked to drop in deceased donor organ donations and kidney transplants

WASHINGTON (AP) — Organ donations from the recently deceased dropped last year for the first time in over a decade, resulting in fewer kidney transplants, according to an analysis issued Wednesday that pointed to signs of public mistrust in the lifesaving system. More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are on the list for an organ transplant. […]

Jan 14, 2026

Axios Exclusive: Kidney donations dip amid transplant scrutiny

Change in U.S. kidney donation metrics, 2024-2025 Data: Kidney Transplant Collaborative analysis of Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network data; Note: Total deceased donors refers to those who underwent kidney recovery; Chart: Axios Visuals The number of available donor kidneys from people who just died declined for the first time in more than a decade last […]

Jan 14, 2026

Kidney Transplant Collaborative (KTC) Warns of Decline in Total Kidney Transplants Caused by a Decline in Deceased Kidney Donations, Calls for Immediate National Action

New York, NY. – January 14, 2026 – The Kidney Transplant Collaborative (KTC) today released a new report, Losing Transplants for All the Wrong Reasons. The report reveals a clear and unprecedented shift in 2025. For the first time this century, we see an annual isolated decline in deceased donations and deceased donor kidney transplants, […]

Sep 9, 2025

Kidney Transplant Collaborative Leader to Address National Nephrology Symposium

WASHINGTON, D.C. – (September 9, 2025) – The Kidney Transplant Collaborative (KTC), announced today that its Chairman and one of the nation’s leading experts on the IOTA model, Andy D. Howard, MD, FACP, will deliver two featured presentations at the 22nd Annual Sanford Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplant Symposium on September 10–11, 2025, in Fargo, North […]

Aug 17, 2025

New York Times Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:Re: “Donor Organs Are Too Rare. We Need a New Definition of Death” (Opinion, July 30) Redefining death is a critical step in addressing the nation’s transplantcrisis, but it alone won’t solve the country’s kidney shortage. To do that, we must adopt policies to ethically and sustainably increase living kidney donations. Regulators are […]

Jul 21, 2025

KTC: To Fix the Transplant System, Start with Living Donation

The New York Times’ recent reporting “A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk” underscores a painful truth: as the transplant system struggles to meet demand, the pressure to increase deceased donation is mounting, with serious ethical and clinical concerns. But there’s a better, safer, and proven path forward– living kidney donation. Living […]