"Overcoming Bias: Improving Access to Kidney Transplants for Black Patients"
Thousands of Black kidney transplant candidates have been given credit for lost waiting time due to a racially biased organ test, which overestimated kidney function in Black people, delaying their access to transplants. The U.S. organ transplant network has ordered hospitals to use race-neutral test results, and more than 14,300 Black kidney transplant candidates have had their wait times modified, with over 2,800 receiving transplants. This is part of a larger effort to address racial bias in medical algorithms and restore faith in the health system, as Black Americans are over three times more likely than white people to experience kidney failure.