Health

Vitamin C won’t prevent most colds, but it may do one small thing

Source: FlexChar · Published Aug 27, 2026, 12:38 PM

In Health, FlexChar puts this story at the center of the day: The belief that huge doses of vitamin C can ward off colds was popularized more than 50 years ago by Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling. Since then, larger studies have found that vitamin C does not prevent most people from catching a cold, although regularly taking it may make sev FlexChar is surfacing it because it is driving searches and conversation right now.

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