Pages tagged with "Influenza"

121 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• Overview Colds and flu and Vitamin D
• Overview Influenza and vitamin D
• Bird flu possible pandemic (Vitamin D can prevent it)- many studies
• Fluoridation results in lower IQ, Magnesium, and Vitamin D - many studies
• Fluoride reduces Vitamin D and Magnesium - many studies
• Fertility is a function of vitamin D around each egg (follicular fluid) – many studies
• Influenza risk cut in half by the only trial giving enough vitamin D for body weight – meta-analysis
• Getting more than 1,000 IU of Vitamin D cut in half childhood risk of influenza, coughs and fevers – Meta-analysis
• Small amounts of Vitamin D reduce Influenza risk by 22 percent (loading dose is far better) – meta-analysis
• Influenza Vaccination not benefited by lowish levels of vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Influenza vaccine meta-analysis found moderate protection – Lancet
• Swine flu not prevented by 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily (the upper limit at the time) – RCT 2014
• 4.4 X INCREASE in other respiratory infections in children with influenza vaccinations – RCT
• 100% not need COVID hospitalization with fluvoxamine plus one other drug – Thailand RCT
• Influenza infection 5X less likely if got vitamin D – small RCT
• Bone mineral density improvement by Vitamin D plus fluoride is augmented by laser acupuncture – RCT
• Nursing home vaccinated against Influenza, 800 IU of vitamin D daily cut infection rate in half – small RCT
• Influenza vaccine antibodies not change with Vitamin D – 21 ng or 44 ng – RCT
• Half the risk of Influenza -A in infants taking 1200 IU of vitamin D for 4 months – RCT
• Influenza reduced by 1.7 with 1200 IU D3, also reduced related asthma by 6X – RCT
• Influenza A: 5X reduction in first month (only) with 2,000 IU of vitamin D– RCT
• Fluoride caused bone problems in 80 percent of Vitamin D deficient rats – RCT
• Off topic: Little water fluoridation in Europe - which is good for Mg and Vitamin D
• FDA Takes Action to Restrict Fluoride Supplements for Children - Jan 2026
• Fluoride problems include reduced IQ
• Rheumatoid Arthritis synovial fluid has lower levels Vitamin D binding protein, 3-epi
• Vitamin D can inhibit enveloped virus (e.g. Corona, Herpes, Bird Flu, Epstein, Hepatitis, RSV, etc.)
• COVID, influenza, hepatitis B, measles, etc. vaccine responses vary with Vitamin D and its receptor
• Fluoride lowers IQ in Children (It blocks Vitamin D and Magnesium)
• Do you have symptoms of COVID, Flu , RSV, Colds, Allergy
• Compare symptoms of Omicron, Flu and Colds
• Influenza prevented by 40 ng levels or treated with vitamin D hammer (50,000 IU)
• Immune System Amnesia - following Measles, severe Influenza, HIV, COVID, etc,
• Vitamin D appears to fight some Infectious Diseases (COVID, Long COVID, and Influenza)
• Bird flu found to be spread by the wind between farms - Nov 2025
• Vaccination causes 'disease provocation': Polio, TB, COVID, Typhoid, HPV, Flu, etc.
• COVID-19, flu, virus, Selenium, Vitamin D, Glutathione - Interview
• Some Fluoridation problems might be reduced by Vitamin D
• High Fluoride water might increase the risk of autism
• Influenza vaccination INCREASED chance of getting Influenza by 27% (57,000 people)
• Bird flu could mutate to be far worse of a pandemic than COVID - Greger
• Questions about influenza vaccines by a former director of its research
• Flu
• Poor Vitamin D receptor blocked Vitamin D from fighting avian influenza viruses (in mice)
• COVID death rate is now similar to death rate from Influenza: CDC
• High fluoride in water: 5X more likely to be Vitamin D deficient
• Number of people to treat to prevent 1 case of flu: Vitamin D 4, Vaccination 40
• Influenza vaccination (2022-2023) reduced hospitalizations by only 35%
• FDA hired a person to study flu vaccine effectiveness, found problems, was fired
• Influenza of 1918 and vitamin D
• Influenza, pneumonia, or ear infections almost 2X more likely if low vitamin D
• Off topic : Fluoridation fails to reduce tooth decay but succeeds in causing health problems
• Tripledemic: Flu, COVID, and RSV (all fought by Vitamin D)
• Vitamin D supplementation could prevent and treat influenza, CORONAVIRUS, and pneumonia infections
• Pigs used to get the flu only in the winter ( had got Vitamin D in the summer)
• Perhaps the influenza vaccine will increase the risk of COVID-19 (it did by 2X for COVID-2009)
• Flu may be much worse this year (already bad in Australia)
• 2,500 bird flu outbreaks in past year (could be far far worse than COVID)
• Superspreaders appear to have viscous lung fluids or be obese
• Infectious diseases in the UK so far this year: Omicron, H5 bird flu, Lassa fever, haemorrhagic fever, monkeypox, and polio
• Vitamin D levels in cells, not blood, is important (IVF follicular fluid in this case)
• 10X reactions to flu vaccine when vitamin D deficient
• More than 1 hour of daily sun improved influenza vaccine by 35 percent (Vitamin D helps again)
• COVID, like influenza, may be able to mutate to avoid vaccines for decades
• MS flu-like symptoms resulting from interferon-beta were reduced with vitamin D
• Researchers found flu vaccine increased miscarriage risk by 7X
• Vitamin D probably can both prevent Influenza and augment vaccine effectiveness
• Low vitamin D increases the risk of hepatitis, influenza, Covid-19, AIDS and other viral diseases
• How tooth decay due to vitamin D deficiency came to be treated with Fluoride
• Vaccines protect for: 10 years Tetanus, 3 years Typhoid, 6 month Influenza, unknown COVID – WSJ
• Influenza, seniors and vitamin D
• COVID-19 and Influenza patients needing ventilation had low Vitamin D
• US COVID-19 deaths now exceed 1918 flu, soon AIDS (Vitamin D fights all 3)
• Obese get less benefit from vaccines: influenza, hepatitis B, rabies and now COVID-19
• Why Vitamin D is better than the Flu Vaccine
• Half of COVID-19 death rate differences explained by rates of elderly influenza vaccination and low vitamin D
• Clear Association between Influenza and low Vitamin D
• COVID-19 precautions made 2020 the year without the flu - what about 2021
• Vitamin D Supplements Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infection and Death
• 7X less risk of influenza if Vitamin D levels higher than 30 ng
• Protect your immune system from COVID-19, flu, colds, etc with 10,000 IU of vitamin D etc.
• How Vitamin D helps fight the cold, flu and other viruses
• Vitamin D Effective in Preventing Flu if not vaccinated
• Flu vaccine effectiveness and side effects
• Ultraviolet light kills cold and flu viruses, and generates Vitamin D in the skin
• Influenza Virus aerosols killed by 10 minutes of sunlight (far faster if use UV-C)
• Flu vaccinations during pregnancy should NOT be the standard of care until tests show it is OK
• Influenza virus vaccine for pregnant woman does not protect an infant for very long
• Prisoners have very low vitamin D and get TB, influenza, and depression
• Should seniors get a vitamin D booster shot for Influenza
• Flu Hits 14 year low, perhaps Vitamin D
• Epidemic influenza and vitamin D – 2007
• Ebola - tents probably faster and better than buildings - like in Spanish Flu
• Influenzas – both seasonal and pandemic – increase in the winter (low vitamin D)
• CDC: Influenza vaccinations not expected to work well this year (but vitamin D should)
• Child is 2 X more likely to get influenza if have older sibling (perhaps closely-spaced birth)
• Major interactions between Vitamin D, Vitamin A, and Influenza
• Elderly Influenza deaths do not increase in winter in countries with high vitamin D levels
• 2017 Flu in Australia was bad and 79,000 died in US, 2019 Flu in Australia was worse (get flu shot AND Vitamin D)
• Flu incidence based on prescriptions – US updated map – Late 2019
• Virus (adeno-36) increases Obesity which then increases risk of another virus (Influenza)
• IQ 4 points lower in male children if fluoridated water while pregnant (perhaps Magnesium)
• Influenza virus might be prevented and treated by Vitamin D, if no vaccination
• Most of the world does not have Fluoride in the water (lowers levels of Magnesium) - 1995
• Hypothesis: Fluoridation reduces magnesium in body
• Vitamin D 10 x better than Flu Vaccine if you have very low vitamin D
• Reduction in Cold and Flu with Vitamin D
• Reduce probability of getting the Flu
• Influenza risk reduced 2X by 2,000 IU of Vitamin D (vs 400), RTI reduced 3X by 400 or more IU
• Increased word fluency associated with higher levels of vitamin D (40 ng and higher)
• Fluid in lung (pleural effusion) associated with low vitamin D
• Parkinson's Disease poor verbal fluency and memory strongly associated with low vitamin D
• Influenza, solar radiation and vitamin D - 2009
• On the epidemiology of influenza – 2008
• Influenza Mortality not well modeled by vitamin D
• UVB and Vitamin D might decrease dental caries better than fluoride
• Influenza in Norway not reduced by vitamin D
• Elderly taking extra vitamin D should expect fewer falls AND less flu
• Can Vitamin D Replace Flu Shots – WSJ
• Pregnant women at increased influenza risk – letter to editor
• Influenza not reduced by 2000 IU of vitamin D in health adults