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11Jan/17

Literal life saver: Alumni offers ultimate gift of organ donation – Penn State News


Penn State News

Literal life saver: Alumni offers ultimate gift of organ donation
Penn State News
The setting: State College, Pennsylvania, 7 a.m., Sept. 12, 2015. Pre-game tailgate for Penn State vs. Buffalo game. Penn State alumnus John Hyde,1984, was hosting his regular tailgate at Beaver Stadium for his son’s Penn State Altoona baseball

11Jan/17

Automatic organ donation is now a thing in France unless you choose to opt yourself out – Happy


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Automatic organ donation is now a thing in France unless you choose to opt yourself out
Happy
As of January 1 of this year, France has instated an opt-out law of organ donation that uses a ‘presumed consent’ system. This means every French adult is automatically an organ donor unless you join an official ‘refusal register’. This register has
How Spain leads the world in organ donationTimes of India
Our View: Be a lifesaver; sign up to become an organ donorRockford Register Star
Organ transplants in the US are on the rise, but the reason why means it’s not exactly a public health triumphQuartz
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10Jan/17

India launches organ donation awareness drive to check black market trade – Thomson Reuters Foundation


Thomson Reuters Foundation

India launches organ donation awareness drive to check black market trade
Thomson Reuters Foundation
MUMBAI, Jan 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Doctors in India will now get text alerts reminding them to ask families to donate organs of their deceased loved ones as part of a nationwide campaign to solve the country’s organ shortage that has fuelled

09Jan/17

Annie, born with anencephaly, becomes first infant organ donor in Oklahoma – Live Action News

Annie, born with anencephaly, becomes first infant organ donor in Oklahoma
Live Action News
Diagnosed at her 19-week ultrasound with anencephaly, a condition in which the top of the preborn child’s head is missing, Annie Ahern’s parents carried their baby girl to term, and because of that, she became the first infant organ donor in Oklahoma.