Poison center reports rose 39% for a common supplement — after it was incorrectly touted as a measles cure

Cristiana Gigina

Just because you can grab it off a drugstore shelf doesn’t mean it’s harmless. As the US confronted a major resurgence of measles last year, poison control centers reported a sharp spike in calls involving children exposed to a widely available supplement. Around the same time, new research shows internet searches surged for whether that same vitamin could be used as an alternative treatment for the potentially deadly disease. That spike in attention came after several prominent figures —