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This special report has been provided to Britannica by NewsGuard, which offers the service HealthGuard to fight online health care misinformation. It was written by John Gregory and originally published at newsguardtech.com. Kendrick McDonald, Chine Labbe, and Anicka Slachta contributed reporting. It was last updated March 17, 2021.
Scientists and researchers managed to produce vaccines to protect against COVID-19. Vaccine candidates have recently been approved in some countries and are in the approval process in others, yet misinformation about the safety and effects of any future vaccine is already threatening its rollout. In this report, we catalogue the top myths about a COVID-19 vaccine that have appeared in NewsGuard’s ratings of more than 6,000 news and information sites worldwide.
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People with multiple sclerosis (MS) are encouraged to complete a survey aimed at understanding the experiences and expectations of those with a chronic illness who have either participated in a clinical trial or may in the future.
The questionnaire was created by Kayentis, an electronic solutions company, in collaboration with a patient advocate, according to a webpage posted by the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA).
Survey results are expected to be released early next year.
The identity of survey participants will neither be disclosed nor passed on to third parties, and all data will be securely held. The survey is expected to take a few minutes to complete, and asks questions about participants’ age, employment status, and chronic condition. MS is one of the options within the category “Neurology.”
December 21, 2020
You probably don’t need a vitamin C supplement, as the recommended daily allowance of this nutrient is relatively low.
You could call vitamin C one of the most popular nutrients at the moment. After all, the vitamin supports immune function, as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) notes. Immunity is top of mind this winter, as we deal with the threat of a burgeoning flu season and the ongoing rise of COVID-19 infections.
But, vitamin C has also made headlines as singer James Blunt confessed over the summer that going on the carnivore diet (a plan that involves primarily eating meat and drinking water) when he was studying as a university student caused him to develop scurvy. Scurvy is a disease caused by a severe vitamin C deficiency, notes the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Let s be real: Most of us don t appreciate the work our digestive system does for us. For the most part, once food leaves our mouths it also leaves our minds that is, until we eventually see the remnants again in one way or another.
But what happens to food
after you swallow it? The digestive system as a whole is made up of many complex, crucial moving parts. Here s what you need to know about what happens during digestion, and how long it usually takes to digest your food. What happens during digestion?
Obviously, the first step to digesting food is putting it in your mouth and chewing it but your teeth don t do all of the work here. During this process, your salivary glands also moisten your food, making it easier for whatever you re eating to pass through your esophagus when you swallow, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).