Shabaana Khader

Washington University in St. Louis

Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University in St. Louis

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Despite huge leaps in modern medicine throughout the 20th century, certain ailments have only gotten more common-- ­­ About one in five Americans now has some kind of allergy, ranging…

When Germs Make You Healthy

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