National Donate Life Month raises awareness about organ, eye and tissue donation, encouraging Americans to register

Team Buffalo wants to do something positive to start conversations about organ donation during Donate Life Month. "Whether it be signing...

Sabrina Mclin of Buffalo needs a kidney transplant and is seeking a living donor. She is working with the transplant center at ECMC and...

Shyteize Shyteize Major of Buffalo is hoping for a kidney from a living donor. The 29-year-old was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the...

The Buffalo skyline on March 13 includes many buildings lit up in yellow, blue and green for kidney health. World Kidney Day was...

Roy Sheppard of Lancaster is seeking a living kidney donor. Thanks to WIVB for highlighting kidney health on World Kidney Day! Roy...

Western New York to Join in World Kidney Day Activities on March 13 Early detection and treatment of chronic kidney disease can help...

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