How Much Do We Know About The Body’s Immune System?

By Bianca Martin
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Pictured are shelved bananas at a supermarket in North Providence, R.I. The AP reported on a video circulating online falsely asserting that scientists at the University of Queensland in Australia had proven bananas bolster the immune system. (3/20/20) Nancy Pesapand / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Not Real News
Pictured are shelved bananas at a supermarket in North Providence, R.I. The AP reported on a video circulating online falsely asserting that scientists at the University of Queensland in Australia had proven bananas bolster the immune system. (3/20/20) Nancy Pesapand / ASSOCIATED PRESS

How Much Do We Know About The Body’s Immune System?

By Bianca Martin
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We’re still learning how the immune system responds to a virus like COVID-19.

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