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Ontario Updating COVID-19 Response Framework to Help Stop the Spread of COVID-19
Friday, November 13, 2020
The framework changes are in response to the current data and trends, and will lower the threshold for each of the five levels for: weekly incidence rates, positivity rate, effective reproductive number (Rt), outbreak trends and the level of community transmission. Based on these new thresholds, the following public health unit regions would be moved to the following levels in the framework: continue reading
Belgian researchers say vitamin D deficiency increases severe COVID-19 risk
Friday, November 13, 2020
Researchers from Belgium say that vitamin D deficiency correlates with severe coronavirus illness and an increased risk of death from COVID-19 complications. continue reading
Sunbed Users Tops in Vitamin D Levels
Friday, November 13, 2020
Canada’s sun-deprived northerly latitudes mean 90 percent of Canadians will be vitamin D deficient in the winter. That’s why it’s not surprising that regular sunbed users have the highest vitamin D levels of any group in Canada. continue reading
The Gift that Keeps Giving: Set the tone for the season with a strong holiday sales push
Friday, November 13, 2020
There’s a lot to consider, but also so much to be gained as you wrap up 2020 on a high note and lay the groundwork for reaching all your goals in 2021. continue reading
UV→D NOW – Understanding the importance of sun exposure for health
Thursday, November 12, 2020
COVID-19 has spawned an entirely new angle of ultraviolet and vitamin D research in 2020 – bringing the role of UV and vitamin D into the health of your immune system into the forefront once again. continue reading