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

By John Green

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Publisher Penguin Random House Imprint Crash Course Books ISBN

9780525556572

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

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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 disease.

Tuberculosis 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 verything 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.

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AR Ready No Book Genres Narrative Nonfiction Canadian Rights Yes Dewey 614.542 Title alpha Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection Level Nonfiction High Plus Pages Count 208 Genre Nonfiction Topics Henry Reider. Tuberculosis. Vaccines. Multidrug-resistant tuberculous. Sierra Leone, West Africa. World health. Disease and health issues. Science history. Infectious diseases. Trim Size 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" JLG Span Spring Language English Rights type Print Publication date 2025-03-17 JLG Release Date May 2025 Minimum grade 9 Maximum grade 12 Reading level High Format Print

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