In the spring of 2019, Roy and Jeanette Henderson cleaned out their 2,000-square-foot home in Altamont, Tenn., and hit the road in their new horse trailer with living quarters, eager to ride at horse camps around the United States. “We love it,” Jeanet… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This story previously appeared on PBS NewsHour.) What happens if you need a kidney transplant and don’t know someone who is a biological match? A Nobel prize-winning economist has a solution: transplant chains. Donors agree to give to a… Continue reading
About 95,000 Americans are waiting for a kidney transplant today. On average, they will wait three to five years before a match turns up on the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) list. But during 2016, 4,830 died on the kidney list while waiting an… Continue reading