When Vanessa Walilko was in her late 20s, she got strep throat—and then she got it again and again. Because she’s allergic to strep bacteria, she says her illness turned into scarlet fever several ...

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Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. When Vanessa Walilko was in her late 20s, she got strep throat—and then she got it again and again.