Neither Moderna nor Pfizer enrolled pregnant women in their Covid-19 vaccine trials, and both say they plan future study The World Health Organization released new guidance about Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine this week, recommending generally against the use of the vaccine during pregnancy except in those at high risk of exposure or having a severe case. “In…
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Chicago Tribune reports “A ‘healthy’ doctor died two weeks after getting a COVID-19 vaccine; CDC is investigating why”
Two weeks after getting a first dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, a 56-year-old doctor in South Florida died this week, possibly the nation’s first death linked to the vaccine. Health officials from Florida and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating what role, if any, the vaccine played in the death of…
Journal of Preventative Medicine & Public Health reports “The Big Vitamin D Mistake”
Since 2006, type 1 diabetes in Finland has plateaued and then decreased after the authorities’ decision to fortify dietary milk products with cholecalciferol. The role of vitamin D in innate and adaptive immunity is critical. A statistical error in the estimation of the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for vitamin D was recently discovered; in a…
WebMD reports “Vitamin D Might Help Fight COVID-19”
Vitamin D is an essential nutrient, and recent research has suggested it may also help guard against severe COVID-19. But how much is enough, and how hard is it to get the right amount of vitamin D? “We know that a large percentage of the population has suboptimal levels of vitamin D. In fact, as many…
Cincinnati Enquirer reports “Hydroxychloroquine may have some use to treat COVID after all, NJ study shows”
A new Hackensack Meridian Health study shows that people with mild symptoms of COVID-19 may be helped by a controversial drug that had been widely used in the early days of the pandemic before several studies questioned its benefits and safety. The recently published study looked at a group of people treated as outpatients last year and…