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ANALYSIS: A life-changing event

By Wendell Potter

An insurance company hesitated, and a young woman passed away

Howard Rich’s Tight-Lipped Donors

By Robert Brodsky

Howard Rich’s Tight-Lipped Donors

Traceability elusive in global trade of human parts

By Kate Willson and Mar Cabra

The paper trail following human remains is not foolproof — in some cases, infected tissue can be impossible to track down.

Excerpts from this story referencing "hepatitis C":

"… e Control and Prevention (CDC) learned the organ recipients had contracted hepatitis C. It turned out the Kentucky donor had a history of substance abuse and had …"

"… eons who had implanted tissue into 15 people. A child, later found to have hepatitis C, had received an infected heart vessel patch before the tissue recall bega …"