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America's 'Never-Ending Battle Against Flesh-Eating Screw Worms'

2020/7/22
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Sarah Zhang wrote about it for the Atlantic): a decades-long scientific operation in Central America that keeps flesh-eating screw worms effectively eradicated from every country north of Panama. Sarah tells the story of the science behind the effort, and the man who came up with it. Email the show at [email protected]).Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)