Dr. Fauci says to take vitamin D if you’re deficient — here’s how to know
While Dr. Anthony Fauci admits most “so-called immune boosting” supplements being marketed amid Covid-19 mostly do “nothing,” he does believe in the benefits of vitamin D.
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New Study Found 80% of COVID-19 Patients Were Vitamin D Deficient
Trump given Remdesivir as treatment for COVID-19 infection
Trump given Remdesivir as treatment for COVID-19 infection
The use of Remdesivir means Trump is now on multiple therapeutics to treat his infection. Conley said earlier in the day that the president was given an experimental antibody injection developed by Regeneron. He is also taking zinc, vitamin D, famotidine, melatonin and aspirin.
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Vitamin D deficiency may raise risk of getting COVID-19, study finds
Vitamin D deficiency may raise risk of getting COVID-19, study finds
It’s important to note that the study only found the two conditions were frequently seen together; it does not prove causation. Meltzer and colleagues are currently planning further clinical trials.
Half of Americans are thought to be deficient in vitamin D, with much higher rates seen in African Americans, Hispanics and individuals living in areas like Chicago where it is difficult to get enough sun exposure in winter. (However, research has also shown that some kinds of vitamin D tests don’t detect the form of vitamin D that is present in a majority of African Americans—which means those tests might falsely diagnose vitamin D deficiencies in those individuals. This particular study accepted either kind of test as criteria.)
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