Health
The link between vitamin D and Covid-19 is complex
Some studies have shown an association between vitamin D and coronavirus infections. Read
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Daniella de Block Golding
Health Fellow (former)
Daniella joined Full Fact in February 2021 and was our Health Fellow. She is a medical doctor and prior to joining Full Fact was working in hospital and GP settings. She was a 2018/19 Churchill Fellow and has undertaken research in lived experiences of HIV, and Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) roll out. She has a particular interest in community medicine, sexual health and communication in healthcare.
Government advise special precautions for disposing of infectious PPE
In some places such as hospitals PPE is also disposed of as clinical waste. Read
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There are no human cells in the AstraZeneca vaccine, and it won’t give you a chimpanzee virus
A post on social media makes claims about viruses from chimpanzees and human foetal cells in AstraZeneca vaccine. Read
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