Issue for Week of August 6, 2000 / Vol. 1 No. 6

HCFA Shortens Transplant Program Qualifying Time for Medicare Researchers Report Blocking Immune Response That Leads to Rejection UNOS Reports 50 Percent Increase in Livers to Most Urgent Categories African-American Support for Organ Donation Urged Rene Favaloro, 77, Pioneer Heart Bypass and Transplant Surgeon, Dies