March 25, 2021

EU Leaders’ Decision To Delay AstraZeneca Covid Jab ‘Hugely Damaged’ Public Trust In Vaccine, Poll Shows

The UK government is considering making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for health workers who care for the most vulnerable patients, the country’s health secretary Matt Hancock has said.
March 25, 2021

Supplements May Protect Those With Low Vitamin D Levels From Severe COVID-19

Patients with low vitamin D levels who are hospitalized for COVID-19 may have a lower risk of dying or requiring mechanical ventilation if they receive vitamin D supplementation of at least 1,000 units weekly, according to a new study.
March 25, 2021

High Vitamin D Levels May Protect Against COVID-19, Especially For Black People, Study Suggests

A new research study at the University of Chicago Medicine has found that when it comes to COVID-19, having vitamin D levels above those traditionally considered sufficient may lower the risk of infection, especially for black people.
March 17, 2021

Research Reveals How Tea May Lower Blood Pressure

Scientists at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark, have found that antioxidants in tea open ion channels and can relax the muscles that line blood vessels.
March 17, 2021

More Lockdowns On The Horizon As Third Coronavirus Wave Sweeps Through Europe

Half of Italy's 20 regions have gone into the strictest form of lockdown as a third wave of coronavirus has threatened to overrun hospitals across the country.
March 17, 2021

Study Finds Evidence Of Antibiotic Overuse In COVID-19 Patients

A new analysis of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States during the first 6 months of the pandemic shows that more than half resulted in a patient receiving an antibiotic, even when no bacterial infection was present.
March 17, 2021

Sweden Joins Germany, France, And 15 Other Countries In Suspending Use Of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine

Multiple European countries have suspended the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine while investigators look into cases of blood clots among vaccinated people.
March 17, 2021

Doctors and Scientists Write to European Medicines Agency Warning of COVID-19 Vaccine Dangers

A group of scientists and doctors has issued an open letter calling on the European Medicines Agency to answer urgent safety questions regarding COVID-19 vaccines, or withdraw the vaccines’ authorization. The letter describes serious potential consequences of COVID-19 vaccine technology, warning of possible autoimmune reactions, blood clotting abnormalities, stroke, and internal bleeding, “including in the brain, spinal cord and heart”.