SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents is linked to a higher risk for chronic kidney disease and kidney function ...

Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in the US and around the world. Roughly 15.4% of children and adolescents in the US were vitamin D deficient in 2017. While vitamin D deficiency has slightly ...

While there are some ESRD patients who are too old for surgery or too sick to be helped, the majority of ESRD patients can easily extend their lifespan with a donated kidney. Our best estimates show ...

About 24% of families who preferred a language other than English received a kidney from a living donor for their child ...

COVID-19 infection in children and adolescents was tied to a higher risk of adverse post-acute kidney outcomes, especially ...

The BriefDuring National Donate Life Month, Lurie Children’s Hospital is highlighting the importance of organ donation ...

This positions Children’s as a national leader in new, child-focused therapies. Roberta Schwartz, PhD. Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Houston Methodist (Houston): At Ho ...

As early as next week, the brothers will begin the process of the kidney transplant ... find a job here and eventually bring his wife and children, a girl, 17, and twin boys, 9.

González had served as his brother’s caregiver since coming to the United States a year ago and was detained by ICE on March 3 at Pacheco’s Cicero home after accompanying him to a kidney ...

His aunt, Latonya Baxter, is advocating for him, calling on the community to help find a living kidney donor. "He’s needed not only for his family but especially for his children," Baxter says. "He’s ...

CHICAGO – A Venezuelan man who traveled to the U.S. to donate a kidney to his dying brother ... and fear in our community,” García said. “Children are being affected, families are afraid ...