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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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 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...

Organization has been foremost voice supporting the model and is committed to helping providers succeed under this approach to improve outcomes for all WASHINGTON, D.C. – (July 9, 2025) – The Kidney Transplant...