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Fermented Foods May Lower Your Risk of Death

This article was previously published August 6, 2020, and has been updated with new information. I’ve written many articles detailing lifestyle and dietary strategies that may decrease your COVID-19 risk by boosting your immune function and general health. Now we can add fermented foods to the list, which shouldn’t come as such a great surprise,… Read More »

CDC probing Michigan teen’s death after COVID-19 vaccination: county health officials

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating the death of a 13-year-old boy in Michigan that occurred several days after he received a COVID-19 vaccine, county health officials say. The Saginaw County Health Department was alerted to the death on June 17. The death occurred three days after the teenager received a… Read More »

Authors retract Lancet article that found hydroxychloroquine increases risk of death in COVID-19 patients

NEW YORK — An influential medical journal article that found hydroxychloroquine increased the risk of death in COVID-19 patients was retracted on Thursday, adding to the controversy around a drug championed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Three of the authors of the article retracted it, citing concerns about the quality and veracity of data in… Read More »

Michigan grandfather, 79, has become state’s fourth fatality from EEE as death toll surges to 11

Grandfather, 79, becomes Michigan’s fourth death from mosquito-borne EEE virus as Massachusetts cases hit 50-year high Stan Zalner, 79, of Battle Creek, Michigan, died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis on Wednesday The rare disease is transferred by infected mosquitoes and kills one-third of those who fall ill His family says he was hospitalized with flu-like symptoms… Read More »