NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn t happen this week
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1of4FILE - In this June 3, 2021 file photo, a Pfizer vaccine is prepared at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, Wash. On Friday, June 11, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming COVID-19 vaccines make people produce a spike protein that is a toxin and can spread to other parts of the body and damage organs.Elaine Thompson/APShow MoreShow Less
2of4FILE - In this May 26, 2021 file photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee looking into the budget estimates for NIH and the state of medical research, on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Friday, June 11, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming people should stop wearing masks because leaked emails written by Fauci said masks aren’t effective against COVID-19. (S
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In the early days of the pandemic, organ donation and transplantation screeched to a halt. Hospitals were at full capacity with an onslaught of COVID-19 patients. Concerns ran high about exposing vulnerable patients to the virus through the organs they d receive or during inpatient stays.
But transplants picked back up in the second half of last year. The move marked a promising sign for organ procurement organizations that work to connect as many donors as possible to the tens of thousands of patients whose life depends on them, as well as for the transplant teams that perform the procedures.
Covid-19 deadlier than flu for ICU patients
Genetic analyses showed the patient and surgeon had both acquired virus from the donor s lungs
Reuters
February 27, 2021
Experts say more than 60 percent of the hearts and lungs donated for transplantation each year must be discarded because they cannot be kept on ice for long. PHOTO: AFP
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus.
Covid-19 can be transmitted via lung transplant
The coronavirus can linger in the lungs even when swab tests of the back of the nose and throat are negative, doctors reported after unknowingly transplanting infected lungs into a patient who later died of Covid-19.