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Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who were vitamin D sufficient, with a blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D of at least 30 ng/mL (a measure of vitamin D status), had a significant decreased risk for adverse clinical outcomes including becoming unconscious, hypoxia (body starved for oxygen) and death. In addition, they had lower blood levels of an inflammatory…

coronavirus take turns sitting in a chair and putting their faces into the big end of a large cone. They recite the alphabet and sing or just sit quietly for a half hour. Sometimes they cough.The cone sucks up everything that comes out of their mouths and noses. It's part of a device called “Gesundheit…

The nearly 1 million people around the world who have lost their lives to COVID-19 have left us a gift: Through desperate efforts to save their lives, scientists now better understand how to treat and prevent the disease — and millions of others may survive.Ming Wang, 71, and his wife were on a cruise from…

September 27, 2020 | 8:49am | Updated September 27, 2020 | 8:49am Enlarge Image A sign advising people to wear a face mask is shown on the door of a business in London. AFP via Getty Images A UK government science adviser warned Sunday that ongoing lockdowns just “defer the problem” — and warned that…

patients are hospitalized. Of those, 85 are in the intensive care unit and 30 are on ventilators. There are 15% of staffed beds available and 73% of ventilators available.MORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE FROM KSAT:Track daily spikes in COVID-19 cases in San Antonio, Bexar CountyTrack coronavirus cases by ZIP, age in San Antonio with interactive mapResources from…