Why Food Allergies Have Skyrocketed (And How to Prevent Them)

Before the 1950s, few people had allergies. But since then, allergies - and autoimmune diseases - have surged. Why?

Dr. Andrew Wang from the Yale School of Medicine and the Food Allergy Science Initiative explains this enormous uptick in allergies - and the recent shift doctors made that actually helped allergies fall.

Plus, the search for medicines that can help people eat the food they’re allergic to, as well as medicines that might be able to prevent allergies in the first place.

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