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

by John Green

Tuberculosis has been entwined with hu­manity for millennia.

Cover of Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Hardcover
Pages 198 pages
Published 2025
Audiobook 5h 35m
ISBN 9798217082391

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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 infectious disease. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculos…

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C (Catalog Average): 3.89 ★
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