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A revision to Pennsylvania's law governing organ and tissue donations is going into effect, and backers say it will improve survival rates for transplant…
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Pennsylvania is finalizing the first major update to the organ donation law that's been in place for a quarter century.Gov. Tom Wolf's office said…
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Charles Grugan's drug addiction took a toll on his family.They tried to help him, but on Oct. 12, 2011, Grugan 33, overdosed on heroin. He never…
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On Dec. 15, 2016, Morgan Yoney’s life changed. She received a phone call in her hospital room – a pair of lungs had become available. Morgan had spent 21…
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Morgan Yoney’s hospital room at UPMC Presbyterian was dim, even though it was the middle of a sunny day in Pittsburgh. Still, the walls were covered in…
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This month, Pittsburgh officials and members of the organization Donate Life are encouraging locals to consider becoming organ donors.According to Donate…
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State Sen. John Sabatina (D-Philadelphia) believes the Americans with Disabilities Act has greatly improved access to the physical world and employment…
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Sheila Gold met her best friend Joan Dufore under tragic circumstances: Dufore is the mother of the woman whose liver Gold received after she was…
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State lawmakers are faced, once again, with a plan to revamp the commonwealth's organ donation procedures.Supporters of the changes say Pennsylvania once…
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More than 120,000 people across the United States are waiting for an organ transplant — 8,300 in Pennsylvania alone.April is National Donate Life Month,…