[HTML][HTML] Climate change and cascading risks from infectious disease

JC Semenza, J Rocklöv, KL Ebi - Infectious diseases and therapy, 2022 - Springer
Climate change is adversely affecting the burden of infectious disease throughout the world,
which is a health security threat. Climate-sensitive infectious disease includes vector-borne …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence regarding vitamin D and risk of COVID-19 and its severity

J Mercola, WB Grant, CL Wagner - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Vitamin D deficiency co-exists in patients with COVID-19. At this time, dark skin color,
increased age, the presence of pre-existing illnesses and vitamin D deficiency are features …

No association of COVID-19 transmission with temperature or UV radiation in Chinese cities

Y Yao, J Pan, Z Liu, X Meng, W Wang… - European …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, which was first reported in December
2019 in Wuhan, China, has caused 80 904 confirmed cases as of 9 March 2020, with 28 673 …

COVID-19 pandemic over 2020 (with lockdowns) and 2021 (with vaccinations): similar effects for seasonality and environmental factors

M Coccia - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
How is the dynamics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in 2020 with an health policy
of full lockdowns and in 2021 with a vast campaign of vaccinations? The present study …

Seasonality and uncertainty in global COVID-19 growth rates

C Merow, MC Urban - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The virus causing COVID-19 has spread rapidly worldwide and threatens millions of lives. It
remains unknown, as of April 2020, whether summer weather will reduce its spread, thereby …

Global evidence for ultraviolet radiation decreasing COVID-19 growth rates

T Carleton, J Cornetet, P Huybers… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
With nearly every country combating the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), there is a
need to understand how local environmental conditions may modify transmission. To date …

[HTML][HTML] Climate and the spread of COVID-19

S Chen, K Prettner, M Kuhn, P Geldsetzer, C Wang… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Visual inspection of world maps shows that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is less
prevalent in countries closer to the equator, where heat and humidity tend to be higher …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the evidence from observational studies and randomized controlled trials for nonskeletal health effects of vitamin D

WB Grant, BJ Boucher, F Al Anouti, S Pilz - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although observational studies of health outcomes generally suggest beneficial effects with,
or following, higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D] concentrations, randomized …

Vitamin D and its potential benefit for the COVID-19 pandemic

N Charoenngam, A Shirvani, MF Holick - Endocrine Practice, 2021 - Elsevier
Vitamin D is known not only for its importance for bone health but also for its biologic
activities on many other organ systems. This is due to the presence of the vitamin D receptor …

The influence of simulated sunlight on the inactivation of influenza virus in aerosols

M Schuit, S Gardner, S Wood, K Bower… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Environmental parameters, including sunlight levels, are known to affect the
survival of many microorganisms in aerosols. However, the impact of sunlight on the survival …