How Drinking Alcohol Might Help You Catch a Cold or Flu

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Binge drinking is by no means healthy, but it might be hurting your immune system in the short term. Researchers conducted a test to see how quickly and by how much a lot of alcohol consumption could affect a person's immune system. What happened? Kim Horcher discusses with Phil Torres (Scientist, host of Al Jazeera America's TechKnow) and Jason G. Goldman (Scientist, writer for Scientific American, BBC Future).

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