Radiolab

Your Friendly Neighborhood Hookworms

May 15, 2026·46 min·5-min readnarrativescience
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Two decades after Radiolab’s original episode on hookworms, new clinical research reveals these once-reviled parasites may offer therapeutic benefits for autoimmune and metabolic diseases, challenging long-held assumptions about hygiene and health. The episode revisits the historical erad

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Molly Webster

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Molly WebsterLatif NasserJasper LawrenceDavid PritchardPaul GiacominDixon Despommier

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FDA

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Parasitic Diseases

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EcologyGeneticsLong Form JournalismMens HealthMental HealthScientific MethodWomens Health

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