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Throughout the book, he interweaves Henry's story with scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world — and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis. View Deal ...
The number of US deaths from tuberculosis went from 194 per 100,000 in 1900 to 9.4 per 100,000 in 1984, a 95 percent decrease. related The Immigration Stories We Do Not See ...
We don’t just cure diseases—we interpret them. John Green’s book shows how our views on illness reveal our deepest beliefs about control, blame, and humanity.
The Carlisle boarding school, which was run by the U.S. Army, was going to train Spott to be white. “Kill the Indian in him, and save the man,” Carlisle founder Capt. Richard H. Pratt famously said at ...
More than a plague: How colonialism, class and incarceration feed disease outbreaks Edna Bonhomme, author of "A History of the World in Six Plagues," details how pandemics are about more than viruses ...
Before "The White Lotus," incest occurred on other TV shows like "Passions," "How to Get Away With Murder," "Game of Thrones" and "House of the Dragon." ...
In the 1700s and 1800s, it was often called the “white plague” or “consumption” because it made people look pale and very thin. A big discovery happened on March 24, 1882, when Dr. Robert Koch found ...
Why would John Green, a best-selling American novelist, write a book about tuberculosis? The answer can be found in his new book Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our ...
A scene when a character is sick with tuberculosis from the book “Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy. Credit: Shutterstock. Tuberculosis (TB) has had an incredibly large impact on human history. One ...
Green, author of new book ‘Everything is Tuberculosis’ explains. The author John Green on how Trump cuts to aid will kill TB patients — and what we can do about it. Skip to main content ...
Three major controversies in the history of public health underscore what is at stake with the collection and maintenance of this information. Tuberculosis – doctors resist sharing names ...