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“A mumps outbreak in a highly vaccinated population emphasizes the importance of vaccination to prevent spread to unvaccinated people but also raises questions about presumed lifelong immunity from childhood vaccines. Link to CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.”

“However, newer antibody responses acquired later in life did not provide the same strength of protection as responses imprinted in childhood following the first exposure. The authors of the study postulated that the low mortality rates associated with some influenza subtypes may increase as cohorts of exposed people age.”

“Populations with vitamin D deficiency at high risk for COVID-19 mortality A retrospective study in the Philippines found that for each standard deviation increase in serum vitamin D people were 7.94 times more likely to have a mild rather than severe COVID-19 outcome and were 19.61 times more likely to have a mild rather than critical outcome.”

“Those in the top quartile of scores had up to 88% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and 71% lower risk of mortality than those in the lowest quartile. And those whose Life's Essential 8 score improved over the study period also experienced a reduced risk of developing cardiovascular disease in midlife.”

“Engaging in vigorous-intensity exercise for as little as 54 minutes per week provides optimal mortality reduction – but the catch is that it must be sufficiently vigorous. Using wrist-worn accelerometers, nearly 72,000 middle-aged adults enrolled in the UK Biobank study tracked their activity.”

“Using an erythrocyte fatty acid fingerprint to predict risk of all-cause mortality: the Framingham Offspring Cohort. Blood n-3 fatty acid levels and total and cause-specific mortality from 17 prospective studies. Omega‐3 fatty acid addition during pregnancy.”

“This study is cross-sectional in design, meaning that a cause and effect relationship cannot be established. The authors plan to expand their research in the future to include measures of mortality for this group of participants. Link to full report.”

“The analysis revealed that a faster age-adjusted mutation rate increased all-cause mortality rates in both sexes. The rate of DNA mutations increased considerably during adolescence, but later onset of menstruation appeared to slow the rate.”

“Maybe that’s the message we should be emphasizing for living a longer life. “I am very convinced that excess body fat is really bad for metabolic health, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality.”

“Genetically low plasma vitamin D levels are associated with higher mortality from respiratory infections, and three variants of the vitamin D receptor are associated with a higher risk of respiratory tract infections in both adults and children.”