Evanston, IL—COVID-19 patients who are severely deficient in vitamin D are twice as likely to experience severe complications, including death, according to research led by Northwestern University. The study, titled The Possible Role of Vitamin D in Suppressing Cytokine Storm and Associated Mortality in COVID-19 Patients, is available on medRxiv,...
What will it take to convince Americans that they have the power to own their health outcomes? We know there is enormous concern about the future and our ability to stop COVID-19. Experts assert we’ll have a vaccine in 12 to 18 months, a lofty goal that has never before...
Our food system is being challenged in ways many of us never imagined. Consumers are purchasing unpredictably, abandoning their normal patterns, and supply chains are being taxed or disregarded like never before. Food brands are left either short on staff to fill an overwhelming number of orders, without sufficient supplies,...
Silver Spring, MD—The FDA and FTC issued warning letters to two companies for selling fraudulent COVID-19 products. The companies were Honey Colony LLC and Dr. Dhole’s Sushanti Homeopathic Clinic. Honey Colony offered products including Quicksilver Liposomal Vitamin C, Jigsaw Magnesium with SRT, and Silver Excelsior Serum for sale in the...
Phoenix, AZ—Sprouts Farmers Market has reported its results for the first quarter of 2020, with net sales of $1.6 billion for a 16% increase from the same period in 2019. As a result of the COVID-19 public health crisis, demand increased dramatically during the latter part of the 13-week quarter,...
Los Angeles, CA—Kombucha Brewers International (KBI) has launched the Kombucha Heal-In, a week-long initiative from May 5-11, 2020, that will provide 100,000 bottles of Kombucha to frontline workers in Michigan, Connecticut and New York. Consumers nationwide can purchase gift cards from more than 25 participating Kombucha brewers in five different countries.
Naperville, IL—KeHE announced that its 2020 Holiday Show, which had been scheduled to take place in Chicago from June 16-18, will be held virtually due to COVID-19 safety concerns. The Holidays of Hope virtual show, which is exclusive to current KeHE suppliers and retailers, will provide attendees with a digital...
Austin, TX—Shoppers at Whole Foods Market are going to need to wear masks in the stores, according to a blog posted by Amazon on April 30. Shoppers who don’t have a mask of their own will be able to pick up a free disposable mask at the door. Specifically, according...
An international team of scientists led by Prof. Margaret Rayman at the University of Surrey in the UK has identified a "significant association" between the cure rate for COVID-19 and regional dietary selenium status in China. The study, which included researchers at UNC Greensboro, has been published the American Journal...
Workers at Amazon, Whole Foods Market, Instacart, and Shipt are planning a May Day walkout/sickout to protest their employers’ continuing failure to provide adequate protections in the workplace, according to a statement from the strike’s organizers. This is, the statement notes, a matter of life or death. The statement cites...
