without ending up in the intensive care units (ICUs). They matched the two groups, with and without long COVID, in terms of age, sex, pre-existing chronic diseases, and COVID-19 severity. “Previous studies on the role of vitamin D in long COVID were not conclusive...
Purpose Low vitamin D in COVID-19 have been related to worse outcomes. However, most of the studies conducted so far were not-controlled and retrospective, including biases potentially influencing this association. We evaluated 25(OH)vitamin D levels of patients with both severe and non-severe ...
Low plasmavitamin Dlevels emerged as an independent risk factor for COVID-19 infection and hospitalization in a large, population-based study. Participants positive for COVID-19 were 50% more likely to have low vs normal 25(OH)D levels in a multivariate analysis that controlled for other confo...
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“Though we weren’t able to show a definitive link to severe COVID-19, it is clear that patients with low vitamin D should receive supplementation not only for bone health, but also for stronger protection against severe COVID-19,” said co-author Corinne Levitus, D.O., of Montefiore ...
COVID Low-middle income countries Child Indirect effects Resource allocation Introduction Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in China in December 2019 and has spread to most countries, infecting millions of people and causing over 400,000 deaths [1]. As of May ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to strongly affect global energy systems. Global power sector CO2 emissions have shown a substantial decline, thanks to (a) the COVID-19-induced economic downturn and resulting reduction of electricity demand and (b) a decrease of carbon intensity of power generati...