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Elderberries Don’t Boost Your Immune System, and Other Coronavirus Myths Debunked

Our inboxes have been filled to the brim with advice from people peddling vitamins, herbs, and diets—all claiming that the product that they were hawking would help supercharge the body’s defenses to ward off the coronavirus. Is there any truth to these pitches? Can certain foods ...  Show more

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