vitamin D deficiency

 A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine found a potential link between vitamin D deficiency and contracting the coronavirus. Researchers looked at 489 UChicago Medicine patients and found those who had a deficiency in vitamin D that went untreated were nearly twice as likely to contract COVID-19 when compared to patients with normal levels of…

When nurse practitioner Kimberly Wicks came down with the coronavirus in March, her fever hit 104 degrees. “I couldn’t get it down. I didn’t want to eat. I didn’t have an appetite. I lost my sense of taste and smell,” Wicks said. Diagnosed eight years ago with a vitamin D deficiency, the working mom had fallen behind taking her...

Led by Vadim Backman, a professor of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University, a team of researchers found patients with severe vitamin D deficiency were twice as likely to experience major coronavirus complications. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.