In Illinois, 1,477 African Americans await organs; only 172 African Americans became donors in 2019. And 826 Latinos are on the waiting list; just 129 Hispanics became donors.Read More

Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Chicago Urban League and the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois are among 17 new organizations joining alliance advocating for kidney patients.Read More

August is Minority Organ Donation Awareness Month. In this inaugural episode, the episode highlights the story of organ donor hero Mario Cousins, as told by his mother Emma O’Neal and his grateful heart recipient Pam Morris Walton.Read More

Loretto, Gift of Hope encouraging West Siders to become organ donorsRead More

NANI is a private, single-specialty practice made up of Nephrologists, specialists in kidney disease, kidney injury and resistant hypertension.Read More

Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network is a not-for-profit organ procurement organization (OPO) that works with 180 hospitals and serves 12 million people in our donation service area. Read More

Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) works to improve the quality of life for all dialysis patients through education and advocacy. Read More

The country’s largest dialysis providers are joining forces to protect some of the most vulnerable patients during the coronavirus pandemic.Read More

By Sandy LaMotte

What are the telling signs that you may have the novel coronavirus, also known as Covid-19?Read More