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China Announces Voluntary Organ Donor System

Aug. 26, 2009
China inaugurated its first voluntary organ-donor program, hoping to overhaul a system that now gets most of its organs from the black-market and executed convicts.
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LONDON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- British Health Secretary Alan Johnson said Monday he supports an organ donor task force recommendation against an opt-out system for organ donation.

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OTTAWA, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The Canadian government has approved $35 million in funding for a national organ donation registry through the national blood donor agency.

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Results of a national survey released Thursday suggest family discussion about organ donation is an important step toward becoming an organ donor.

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Old drug shows new hope for transplants

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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch