• Possible West Nile Virus transmission through organ transplantation
  Monday, September 9, 2002
  This alert notice provides a summary of the current status of the ongoing investigation of this case.
  

• Board endorses studies of incentives to increase donation
  Friday, June 28, 2002
  A joint working group of interetested committees will offer recommendations on the development of such demonstration projects.
  

• Board approves liver allocation policy refinements
  Thursday, November 15, 2001
  For most patients, priority for a transplant would be based primarily on a calculation of short-term risk of death without transplantation.
  

• More than 50 thousand US patients waiting for kidney transplant
  Friday, October 5, 2001
  As of October 1, 2001, 78,350 people were on the national organ transplantation waiting list and 50,004 were awaiting a kidney.
  

• Board president statement about national organ transplantation activity on and after September 11
  Friday, September 21, 2001
  Summary goes here
  

• HHS secretary adds new members to organ transplantation advisory committee
  Friday, August 17, 2001
  Committee membership expanded from 20 to 41 members and more responsibilities were added.
  

• Board condemns organ brokering
  Friday, June 29, 2001
  The board also called for U.S. transplant organizations to avoid any activities that may support the buying or selling of organs.
  

• Board endorses further development of liver urgency scale
  Friday, June 29, 2001
  This proposed policy is expected to reduce deaths on the liver waiting list.
  

• UNet goes live
  Friday, October 22, 1999
  The UNOS IT department developed a new database for the national transplant data system.
  

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