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Patients with sufficient levels of vitamin D are less likely to experience complications and die from COVID-19, according to a new study in the US, while another has found it also reduces infection rates.

Vitamin D sufficiency was linked with a significantly decreased level of inflammatory markets, and higher blood levels of immune cells, in new research from Boston University's school of medicine.

Blood samples to measure vitamin D levels were taken from 235 patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19, explained the study published in the journal PLOS ONE. »

Hide Caption 8 of 44 Photos: In pictures: Breonna Taylor decision sparks protests Protesters march through Louisville on September 24.

Hide Caption 35 of 44 Photos: In pictures: Breonna Taylor decision sparks protests Louisville officers detain protesters following the announcement.

Hide Caption 39 of 44 Photos: In pictures: Breonna Taylor decision sparks protests A demonstrator in Louisville confronts a police officer. »

Trudeau delivered the grave words in a prerecorded message to the United Nations General Assembly.

“The world is in crisis, and not just because of the last few months,” Trudeau said.

Few consequences for places where opposition figures are being poisoned while cybertools and disinformation are being used to destabilize democracies. »

Fix the Court reported this morning that Reps. Ro Khanna, Don Beyer, and Joe Kennedy III are introducing the “Supreme Court Term Limits and Regular Appointments Act of 2020” to institute staggered, 18-year terms for active duty Supreme Court justices.

Technically this isn’t the FIRST term limits bill — that came in 1807 — but it’s the first that has any value for our current predicament.

A term limits proposal may not solve the problems with the Court next year, but it solves the problems for the next 50 years which is far more important. »