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Three major hospital systems have challenged a new state proposal about approving organ-transplant programs, alleging it does not include adequate safeguards for quality of care.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday it will “decertify” an organ transplant agency run by the University of Miami Health System, saying a federal investigation “uncovered years of unsafe practices, poor training, chronic underperformance, understaffing, and paperwork errors.”

A medical team in New York City says it has performed the first complete surgical transplant of a trachea. These kinds of transplants are one of the last big transplant challenges.

Doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago announced Thursday they've performed the first successful double lung transplant on a COVID-19…

People under 65 who get kidney transplants can rely on Medicare to cover only three years of post-transplant treatment. There's a new call to extend coverage for meds that keep the organ functioning.

Joshua Mezrich has performed hundreds of kidney, liver and pancreas transplants. He shares stories from the operating room in his book, When Death Becomes Life.

Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital say 11 surgeons were involved in the 14-hour surgery in March. The patient, who requested anonymity, is expected to be released from the hospital this week