Seven years ago, Jennifer Brea was working toward a Ph.D. in political science at Harvard University, looking ahead to a career in journalism or academia. After a trip to Kenya, she came down with a 104.7-degree fever. She recovered from the fever but kept falling ill. She had recurring infections, experienced dizzy spells and grew sensitive to sound and light. Increasingly, she wasn’t able to get out of bed. For more than a year, doctors weren’t able to give her a...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 12, 2018 19:03 UTC