Influenza vaccination (2022-2023) reduced hospitalizations by only 35% - Jan 2024 | | 20 Jan, 2024 |
FDA hired a person to study flu vaccine effectiveness, found problems, was fired | | 23 Oct, 2023 |
Influenza, pneumonia, or ear infections almost 2X more likely if low vitamin D - Jan 2023 | | 24 Aug, 2023 |
Overview Influenza and vitamin D | | 16 Jul, 2023 |
Bird flu possible pandemic - many studies | | 18 Feb, 2023 |
Number of people to treat to prevent 1 case of flu: Vitamin D 4, Vaccination 40 – Feb 2017 | | 10 Nov, 2022 |
Tripledemic: Flu, COVID, and RSV (all fought by Vitamin D) - Oct 2022 | | 31 Oct, 2022 |
Do you have symptoms of COVID, Flu , RSV, Colds, Allergy - Oct 2022 | | 28 Oct, 2022 |
Influenza infection 5X less likely if got vitamin D – small RCT Feb 2022 | | 23 Oct, 2022 |
Pigs used to get the flu only in the winter ( had got Vitamin D in the summer) - Nov 2018 | | 23 Oct, 2022 |
Flu may be much worse this year (already bad in Australia) - July 2022 | | 04 Oct, 2022 |
2,500 bird flu outbreaks in past year (could be far far worse than COVID) - Oct 2022 | | 03 Oct, 2022 |
Compare symptoms of Omicron, Flu and Colds | | 20 Sep, 2022 |
Bird flu could mutate to be far worse of a pandemic than COVID - Greger Aug 2020 | | 11 Jul, 2022 |
Infectious diseases in the UK so far this year: Omicron, H5 bird flu, Lassa fever, haemorrhagic fever, monkeypox, and polio – June 2022 | | 28 Jun, 2022 |
COVID, like influenza, may be able to mutate to avoid vaccines for decades - March 2022 | | 29 Mar, 2022 |
MS flu-like symptoms resulting from interferon-beta were reduced with vitamin D – June 2013 | | 24 Mar, 2022 |
Influenza vaccine antibodies not change with Vitamin D – 21 ng or 44 ng – RCT Feb 2019 | | 22 Mar, 2022 |
Overview Colds and flu and Vitamin D | | 09 Feb, 2022 |
Small amounts of Vitamin D reduce Influenza risk by 22 percent (loading dose is far better) – meta-analysis Jan 2022 | | 25 Jan, 2022 |
Researchers found flu vaccine increased miscarriage risk by 7X -Sept 2017 | | 24 Dec, 2021 |
COVID, influenza, hepatitis B, measles, etc. vaccine responses vary with Vitamin D and its receptor | | 08 Dec, 2021 |
Nursing home vaccinated against Influenza, 800 IU of vitamin D daily cut infection rate in half – small RCT Oct 2021 | | 04 Nov, 2021 |
COVID-19 and Influenza patients needing ventilation had low Vitamin D – Oct 2021 | | 22 Oct, 2021 |
Poor Vitamin D receptor blocked Vitamin D from fighting avian influenza viruses (in mice) – July 2021 | | 17 Oct, 2021 |
US COVID-19 deaths now exceed 1918 flu, soon AIDS (Vitamin D fights all 3) - Sept 19, 2021 | | 22 Sep, 2021 |
Influenza of 1918 and vitamin D - July 2010 | | 22 Sep, 2021 |
Vaccines protect for: 10 years Tetanus, 3 years Typhoid, 6 month Influenza, unknown COVID – WSJ Sep 10, 2021 | | 13 Sep, 2021 |
Vitamin D probably can both prevent Influenza and augment vaccine effectiveness – Aug 2018 | | 18 Aug, 2021 |
Obese get less benefit from vaccines: influenza, hepatitis B, rabies and now COVID-19 - March 2021 | | 01 Aug, 2021 |
More than 1 hour of daily sun improved influenza vaccine by 35 percent (Vitamin D helps again) – Oct 2019 | | 28 Jul, 2021 |
Half of COVID-19 death rate differences explained by rates of elderly influenza vaccination and low vitamin D – April 2021 | | 26 May, 2021 |
Clear Association between Influenza and low Vitamin D - March 2020 | | 12 May, 2021 |
Flu | | 26 Apr, 2021 |
Influenza Vaccination not benefited by lowish levels of vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2018 | | 25 Mar, 2021 |
Half the risk of Influenza -A in infants taking 1200 IU of vitamin D for 4 months – RCT Jan 2018 | | 19 Mar, 2021 |
COVID-19 precautions made 2020 the year without the flu - what about 2021 | | 17 Mar, 2021 |
7X less risk of influenza if Vitamin D levels higher than 30 ng – Oct 2017 | | 17 Feb, 2021 |
Influenza prevented by 40 ng levels or treated with vitamin D hammer (50,000 IU) – June 2015 | | 26 Dec, 2020 |
Why Vitamin D is better than the Flu Vaccine – Nov 2018 | | 18 Dec, 2020 |
Protect your immune system from COVID-19, flu, colds, etc with 10,000 IU of vitamin D etc. - Nov 2020 | | 05 Dec, 2020 |
COVID-19, flu, virus, Selenium, Vitamin D, Glutathione - Interview Sept 2020 | | 29 Sep, 2020 |
Low vitamin D increases the risk of hepatitis, influenza, Covid-19, AIDS and other viral diseases – Sept 2020 | | 21 Sep, 2020 |
Perhaps the influenza vaccine will increase the risk of COVID-19 (it did by 2X for COVID-2009) - Sept 2020 | | 08 Sep, 2020 |
Swine flu not prevented by 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily (the upper limit at the time) – RCT 2014 | | 30 Aug, 2020 |
Vitamin D Supplements Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infection and Death - April 9, 2020 | | 07 Apr, 2020 |
Vitamin D supplementation could prevent and treat influenza, CORONAVIRUS, and pneumonia infections - March 2020 | | 30 Mar, 2020 |
Influenza Virus aerosols killed by 10 minutes of sunlight (far faster if use UV-C) – Nov 2019 | | 16 Feb, 2020 |
Flu vaccinations during pregnancy should NOT be the standard of care until tests show it is OK – Nov 2019 | | 16 Nov, 2019 |
Virus (adeno-36) increases Obesity which then increases risk of another virus (Influenza) - Oct 2013 | | 07 Nov, 2019 |
2017 Flu in Australia was bad and 79,000 died in US, 2019 Flu in Australia was worse (get flu shot AND Vitamin D) | | 04 Oct, 2019 |
How Vitamin D helps fight the cold, flu and other viruses - June 2019 | | 04 Jun, 2019 |
Vitamin D 10 x better than Flu Vaccine if you have very low vitamin D – Feb 2017 | | 04 Feb, 2019 |
Ultraviolet light kills cold and flu viruses, and generates Vitamin D in the skin | | 06 Jan, 2019 |
Flu vaccine effectiveness and side effects | | 30 Sep, 2018 |
Influenza virus might be prevented and treated by Vitamin D, if no vaccination – Aug 2018 | | 16 Aug, 2018 |
Vitamin D Effective in Preventing Flu if not vaccinated - June 2018 | | 04 Jul, 2018 |
2017 Vaccine may prevent only 10 percent of influenza, Vitamin D prevents 70 percent | | 16 Feb, 2018 |
Elderly Influenza deaths do not increase in winter in countries with high vitamin D levels | | 09 Feb, 2018 |
Influenza risk reduced 2X by 2,000 IU of Vitamin D (vs 400), RTI reduced 3X by 400 or more IU – July 2017 | | 23 Jan, 2018 |
Influenza reduced by 1.7 with 1200 IU D3, also reduced related asthma by 6X – RCT May 2010 | | 10 Jan, 2018 |
Take Vitamin D with flu shot: 5X more likely to avoid flu and 10X fewer side effects - Jan 2018 | | 09 Jan, 2018 |
Prisoners have very low vitamin D and get TB, influenza, and depression | | 21 Dec, 2017 |
Child is 2 X more likely to get influenza if have older sibling (perhaps closely-spaced birth) – Sept 2017 | | 28 Sep, 2017 |
10X reactions to flu vaccine when vitamin D deficient | | 09 May, 2017 |
Influenza virus vaccine for pregnant woman does not protect a fetus for very long – July 2016 | | 01 Aug, 2016 |
Influenza virus vaccine for pregnant woman does not protect an infant for very long – July 2016 | | 01 Aug, 2016 |
Reduce probability of getting the Flu | | 02 Sep, 2015 |
CDC: Influenza vaccinations not expected to work well this year (but vitamin D should) – Dec 2014 | | 24 Mar, 2015 |
Major interactions between Vitamin D, Vitamin A, and Influenza – Sept 2013 | | 05 Dec, 2014 |
Influenzas – both seasonal and pandemic – increase in the winter (low vitamin D) – Dec 2010 | | 07 Nov, 2014 |
Influenza, solar radiation and vitamin D - 2009 | | 07 Nov, 2014 |
Influenza vaccine meta-analysis found moderate protection – Lancet Oct 2011 | | 16 Oct, 2014 |
Ebola - tents probably faster and better than buildings - like in Spanish Flu | | 11 Oct, 2014 |
On the epidemiology of influenza – 2008 | | 09 Oct, 2014 |
Epidemic influenza and vitamin D – 2007 | | 09 Oct, 2014 |
Influenza A: 5X reduction in first month (only) with 2,000 IU of vitamin D– RCT July 2014 | | 14 Jul, 2014 |
Influenza, seniors and vitamin D – Jan 2012 | | 27 Apr, 2014 |
Reduction in Cold and Flu with Vitamin D | | 07 Dec, 2013 |
Influenza Mortality not well modeled by vitamin D – Oct 2011 | | 02 Sep, 2013 |
Influenza in Norway not reduced by vitamin D – Oct 2011 | | 03 Sep, 2012 |
Flu Hits 14 year low, perhaps Vitamin D | | 02 Apr, 2012 |
Should seniors get a vitamin D booster shot for Influenza – Jan 2012 | | 19 Dec, 2011 |
Can Vitamin D Replace Flu Shots – WSJ Dec 2010 | | 17 Jul, 2011 |
Elderly taking extra vitamin D should expect fewer falls AND less flu – June 2011 | | 07 Jun, 2011 |
Pregnant women at increased influenza risk – letter to editor Aug 2010 | | 21 Aug, 2010 |
Influenza not reduced by 2000 IU of vitamin D in health adults – Aug 2010 | | 17 Aug, 2010 |
Flu incidence based on prescriptions – US updated map – Late 2019 | | No value for 'modification_date_major' |