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.
Millions of people around the world risk dying of hunger, and the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change are increasing the threat, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
UK Government Considering Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations For Frontline Health Workers