The authors of one study found evidence the risk of COVID-19 is higher in enclosed environments, such as at home or in transportation vehicles. German scientists cultured surfaces in one home where people were infected and did not find any live virus; a follow-up study is planned. Only one outbreak is known to have been passed outdoors.
Read moreThe spread of the novel coronavirus throughout the U.S. has triggered a dispute between doctors and administrative workers. Some doctors caught wearing masks in nonpatient care areas are being suspended and fired.
Administrators and department heads are concerned that consistently wearing masks may frighten patients; doctors are trying to reduce the spread of viral infections.
Health care workers are at risk for contracting and spreading the novel coronavirus and flu as they care for patients and interact with each other.
Read moreThe largest hospital system in New York state, Northwell Health, has been giving COVID-19 patients admitted into intensive care 1,500 milligrams of intravenous vitamin C three to four times a day in conjunction with the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the face of the White House coronavirus response team, says life probably will not go back to normal until we have the ability to vaccinate the entire global population against COVID-19.
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Read moreYour immune system is your first line of defense against infectious diseases, and there are many different ways to boost and improve its function.
Zinc is one nutrient that plays a very important role in your immune system’s ability to ward off viral infections, and may play a vastly underrated role in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zinc is vital for healthy immune function and a combination of zinc with a zinc ionophore (zinc transport molecule) was in 2010 shown to block viral replication of SARS coronavirus in cell culture within minutes.
Read moreInitial predictions called for 2.2 million COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. alone. According to the latest models, an estimated 60,000 Americans may die from COVID-19 complications.
Some doctors are promoting the use of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine combined with azithromycin for seriously ill COVID-19 patients. Apparently, many are seeing good results, although not universally. Some Swedish hospitals have stopped using chloroquine due to severe side effects in some patients.
Northwell Health, New York's largest health care provider, is using vitamin C at its hospitals in
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic is raising many questions, with implications that are compounded for those who are pregnant. Talk with your doctor about telemedicine options and prepare for office visits after 24 weeks’ gestation.
Strategies to prevent infection include frequent hand-washing for at least 20 seconds, practicing social distancing and wearing a mask in public. Your immune system is your primary defense against infections; seek to maintain optimal levels of vitamin D, eat foods high in vitamin C and eat nutrient-dense, whole foods.
Read moreWhile unproven, one current theory is that electromagnetic field radiation — and the addition of 5G in particular — could be having an impact on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Poor immune function and ill health combined with environmental stressors such as heightened EMF exposure might create a perfect storm where the virus has an easy way to get into the body and can reproduce faster.
Read moreYour immune system is your primary defense against infectious disease, so one of the best things you can do is to educate yourself about how to do that. Vitamin C is one excellent option, as it stimulates and maximizes the potency of your immune system.
Magnesium is a natural calcium channel blocker, which makes it useful for a wide variety of scenarios involving oxidative stress. Some forms of magnesium are antimicrobial too. Magnesium chloride appears to have the most potent antimicrobial effects, suppressing infection, while magnesium sulfate appears to be less effective.
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Beyond the basic precautions of good hygiene and spatial distancing, what other steps can you take to help make your immune system less vulnerable to COVID-19 and other illnesses?
Here’s one idea: Make your own evergreen tea, using the needles from white pine, balsam fir, cedar or spruce trees. The power of evergreen tea to boost immunity,
Read moreTwo cleaning chemicals that don't produce dangerous fumes when mixed together are baking soda and vinegar; while this acid-base mixture foams well, it has no cleaning power.
Bleach should never be mixed with any other chemical, liquid or powder, but you can use water to dilute it; with ammonia it releases chloramine gas and with acidic products it releases chlorine gas.
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