An Epidemic of Absence
A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
Ranked #88 in Microbiology
A brilliant, cutting-edge report on the rise of autoimmune disease—and the controversial new “worm therapy” that scientists are embracing to treat it.
Whether it’s asthma, Crohn’s Disease, or food or pollen allergies, everyone knows someone who suffers from an autoimmune disorder. But why are they on the rise? Science writer Moises Velasquez-Manoff offers a new and controversial way of thinking about autoimmune disease—one that may foster a paradigm shift in the way we think about health and hygiene. In the early twentieth century, the dawn of improved hygiene,... more
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