Yukti Agarwal

Agarwal '24: In our focus on viruses, we underestimate the risk of deadly bacteria

I have always found it ironic that Alexander the Great likely died of a fever. With the benefits of modern medicine, it is hard for us to appreciate the threat that fevers have posed to people in the past. Before the 1920s, fevers were the leading cause of premature death. Fevers are an evolutionarily ...