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A 2022 virtual autopsy of a 17th-century mummified toddler from an Austrian aristocratic family revealed the child likely died from pneumonia, exacerbated by severe vitamin D deficiency. Researchers concluded the deficiency stemmed from a lack of sunlight, suggesting a practice of keeping noble infants indoors to maintain pale skin. Read the full story at Frontiers in Medicine .