Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

Synopsis

John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world&’s deadliest infectious disease.&“This highly readable call to action could not be more timely.&” –Kirkus, starred review&“Mem­orably probes the intersections of medicine and human emotion.&” –Bookpage, starred reviewTuberculosis has been entwined with hu­manity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it.In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John be­came fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequi­ties that allow this curable, preventable infec­tious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year.In Everything Is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry&’s story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world—and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis.

Copyright:

2025

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

208 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781101592410

Related ISBNs:

9780525556572, 9780525426059, 9798217082391, 9798217082407, 9798217168422

Publisher:

Penguin Young Readers Group

Date of Addition:

03/18/25

Copyrighted By:

John Green

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Science, Social Studies, Medicine

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