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Jazmin Evans is one of more than 14,000 Black kidney transplant candidates who found out that an outdated medical test may have inappropriately calculated their need for a transplant. Evans, 29, was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in January 2012. The U.S. faces a dire kidney organ shortage, meaning patients with kidney failure must meet certain criteria to be considered good candidates for a transplant.

Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Jazmin Evans is one of more than 14,000 Black kidney transplant candidates who found out that an outdated medical test may have inappropriately calculated their need for a transplant.Evans, 29, was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in January 2012. She started dialysis and was put on the kidney transplant waitlist in 2019."I just remember feeling, like, this is never gonna happen for me," she said, speaking with ABC News.The U.S. faces a dire kidney organ shortage, meaning patients with kidney failure must meet certain criteria...

Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Jazmin Evans is one of more than 14,000 Black kidney transplant candidates who found out that an outdated medical test may have inappropriately calculated their need for a transplant.Evans, 29, was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in January 2012. She started dialysis and was put on the kidney transplant waitlist in 2019."I just remember feeling, like, this is never gonna happen for me," she said, speaking with ABC News.The U.S. faces a dire kidney organ shortage, meaning patients with kidney failure must meet certain criteria...

Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Jazmin Evans is one of more than 14,000 Black kidney transplant candidates who found out that an outdated medical test may have inappropriately calculated their need for a transplant.Evans, 29, was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in January 2012. She started dialysis and was put on the kidney transplant waitlist in 2019."I just remember feeling, like, this is never gonna happen for me," she said, speaking with ABC News.The U.S. faces a dire kidney organ shortage, meaning patients with kidney failure must meet certain criteria...