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HEALTHApr 9 · 10:00 UTCTHE GUARDIAN WORLDOliver Milman

Bitten by snakes 200 times – on purpose: US man’s quest to help deliver new antivenom

Tim Friede, a 58-year-old US man, intentionally subjected himself to 200 snakebites over nearly 20 years to develop immunity for a universal antivenom. His efforts aim to combat rising snakebite deaths linked to climate change and habitat degradation.

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