March is National Kidney Month and the Kidney Foundation of Western New York is encouraging everyone to learn more about their kidney...

Isha from Buffalo, NY, is hoping for a kidney transplant and is seeking a living kidney donor. “I have a 11-year-old daughter,” she said....

Dandre Bell of Buffalo is waiting for a kidney transplant. He has type A blood and working with the transplant team at Erie County Medical C

Are you in need of a kidney or interested in learning about Living Kidney Donation? Join the NY Center for Kidney Transplantation on March 2

A legally mandated program to reimburse organ donors has languished since 2022. The health department now says it’ll fix that this year.

Flu Infections and hospitalizations persist into late winter – there’s still time to benefit from the protection of a vaccine

Brittany Empson of North Tonawanda is waiting for a kidney transplant and hoping a living donor will come forward. She is listed at ECMC...

The governor is proposing a tax break to reimburse volunteer organ donors for their gift. Meanwhile, the state has failed to implement a...

The FDA has approved Ozempic as a treatment for adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease to reduce the risk of complications

Explaining why she decided to become a living donor for her brother-in-law, Diane Malicki says, “I was 65 and healthy. I learned that my...

Joy has come through many health challenges and is now stable enough to be listed for a kidney transplant. She's is working with the team at

More kidney transplants occurred in the U.S. in 2024 than ever before, with 27,759 transplants recorded by the end of December. That’s...

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) announced that 48,149 organ transplants were performed in 2024

Getting medical care can be complicated, especially for people with long-term conditions or chronic diseases. You don’t just receive...

Although kidney disease affects many people – more than 1 in 7 US adults – most don’t know they have it in the early stages. Identifying...

Erie County Medical Center announced on Thursday that the Regional Center of Excellence for Transplantation and Kidney Care performed 143...

Nine-year-old Isaac Reyes is looking for a living kidney donor. "Some things I enjoy doing are playing with my siblings, playing video...

"Kidney Chat" is a phone-based support group that meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 2:00 p.m. for one hour. It is a program of...

Teresa Weakley, who anchored at WIVB in Buffalo from 2013 to 2016 and is now with WOOD TV8 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, learned of a woman...

Otto Tertinek Otto Tertinek recently discovered that he is nearing kidney failure. Unfortunately, members of his family not matches for...