Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

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John Green, acclaimed author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease. Signed edition


“The real magic of Green’s writing is the deeply considerate, human touch that goes into every word.” –The Associated Press

″Told with the intelligence, wit, and tragedy that have become hallmarks of the author’s work.... This is the story of us.” –Slate

“Earnest and empathetic.” –The New York Times

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 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.

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208 pages

Average rating: 9.5

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RemainsLady
Apr 10, 2025
10/10 stars
What an incredible and insightful work on tuberculosis. John Green reminds readers that health isn’t just biological, but social and cultural. A critical reminder in this day that health is complex and it is our responsibility to stand up for our fellow humans when things are not equitable. I would love to read this again in the future so the message is not lost.
glattr
Mar 26, 2025
“Nothing is as privileged as thinking history belongs to the past” This book tells the history of tuberculosis. It highlights the colonialism, racism, and classism that influenced the treatment and progression of the infectious respiratory disease. TB can be treated, yet it is still a disease of injustice. “If you’re rich, you live, if not, you hope to get lucky”.

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