22-year-old accident victim from Pune gives lease of life to four  Hindustan TimesA 22-year-old accident victim gave a new lease of life to four persons after his heart, liver and kidneys were donated by his family members on Saturday.

Organ donation campaign appeals to self-responsibility – SWI swissinfo.ch  swissinfo.chA public campaign has been launched to tackle the shortage of organ donations in Switzerland.

How Philly’s electricians union and Johnny Doc converted payroll deductions into political influence  Philly.com

For years before he was indicted last month, Electricians union leader John J. “Johnny Doc” Dougherty plugged into a renewable source of political power and …

Study: Scarcity of organs a major limiting factor in paediatric transplantation  BreakingNews.ieThe low numbers of organ donation from deceased children is impacting on paediatric transplantation programmes, research shows.

Study: Scarcity of organs a major limiting factor in paediatric transplantation  Irish ExaminerThe low numbers of organ donation from deceased children is impacting on paediatric transplantation programmes, research shows. Over an 11-year-per…

Organ recipients form team to realize donor’s basketball dreams  Shine NewsDuring a recent WCBA All-Star Game, a special competition was played between an amateur team and All-Star players. The unusual basketball team consisted …

Becoming Dad After Death: Posthumous Reproduction  Undark MagazineIn Israel, the right to a posthumously conceived child is increasingly being granted not just to partners, but to parents of the deceased.

Trump Tells His Lawyers: Stay for the Coming Legal Hellscape  The Daily BeastThe president has made private admissions that federal investigations bedeviling his first term in office will be haunting him for possibly years to come.

MSPs agree principles of organ donation bill  BBC NewsMSPs agree the general principles of the Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Bill, which will introduce a soft opt-out.