Exploring public skepticism towards the medical community, this chapter focuses on forgotten diseases, their impact on global health, and efforts to develop vaccines and prevent the spread of tropical parasitic infections in regions affected by climate change, urbanization, and poverty.
How do you stop the spread of anti-science rhetoric? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Paul Mecurio break down disease prevention and the rise of anti-science with physician and global health expert, Peter Hotez.
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