Fighting Infections the World Forgot: Interview with Dr. Neima Briggs

Billions of people live with parasitic worm infections — yet most of us never hear about them. In this episode, Dr. Neima Briggs explains why neglected tropical diseases stay neglected, how worms outsmart the immune system, and why making vaccines against parasites is far harder than for viruses. From unexpected allergic reactions in vaccine trials to the promise (and limits) of mRNA technology, we explore the science, global inequities, and future of fighting infections that thrive in poverty but increasingly affect a warming, interconnected world.

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Fighting Infections the World Forgot: Interview with Dr. Neima Briggs is an episode from Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine by Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine.

This episode is 56:40 long.

This episode was published on Feb 11, 2026.

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