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A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing

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Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019 — and a racially biased organ test was to blame.

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A biased test kept thousands of U.S. Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing

Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019 -- and a racially biased organ test was to blame.

1 month ago·Canada
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A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing

A racially biased test delayed Black patients from getting a kidney transplant and now more than 14,000 are part of a move to make amends. The U.S. transplant system ordered

1 month ago·United States
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A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing

A racially biased test delayed Black patients from getting a kidney transplant and now more than 14,000 are part of a move to make amends

1 month ago·United States
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A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019 — and a racially biased organ test was to blame. As upsetting as that notification was, it also was part of an unprecedented move to mitigate the racial inequity. Evans is among more than 14,000 Black kidney transpl…

1 month ago·Colorado Springs, United States
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A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A racially biased test delayed Black patients from getting a kidney transplant and now more than 14,000 are part of a move to make amends. The U.S. transplant system ordered hospitals to quit using a test that made Black patients’ kidneys appear healthier than they really were. Next hospitals had to dig through years-old records to determine which patients should have been put on the tran…

1 month ago·Idaho Falls, United States
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How a biased test kept thousands of Black patients from getting a new kidney

Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019 — and a racially biased organ test was to blame.

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