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More evidence on vitamin D deficiency and death rates from COVID-19
By Sally Robertson, B.Sc. Physicians at the Complete Med Care clinic in Dallas, Texas, have conducted a study showing that the prevalence of severe vitamin D deficiency is strongly correlated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality rate in European countries. The researchers say the correlation also strengthened over time, making it even less likely to...
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A potentially crucial drug for fighting COVID-19 awaits new outbreaks to put it to the test
In April, Armand Balboni received an anxious call from Tokyo. On the line was a contact from Fujifilm Toyama, the Japanese multinational, who told him that problems were cropping up with a plan to ship 30,000 tablets of the drug known as favipiravir to Canada for a clinical trial. “It was their head of business...
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COVID-19’s deadliness for men is revealing why researchers should have been studying immune system sex differences years ago
Reports show that the mortality rate among men with COVID-19 is higher than women. Marco Mantovani/Getty Images Email Twitter3 Facebook299 LinkedIn Print When it comes to surviving critical cases of COVID-19, it appears that men draw the short straw. Initial reports from China revealed the early evidence of increased male mortality associated with COVID. According...
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Coronavirus Alert!
Hello, As you may have been aware, in the past few months news of coronavirus, COVID-19, outbreak from China has been rampant. Orange County recently declared a local health emergency in response to this coronavirus. This emergency declaration came after one confirmed case of the virus in Orange County and Orange County officials are taking...