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"Earnest and sympathetic." - The New York Times

Tuberculosis (TB) has been associated with humanity for thousands of years. Once depicted as a poet's disease, TB is now seen as a disease of poverty, traversing the paths of injustice and inequality we have traveled. In 2019, author John Green met Henry Rider, a young TB patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. They quickly bonded over Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a broad, cheerful smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increasing access to treatment and raising awareness of the healthcare inequities that make this treatable and preventable infectious disease even more deadly, killing more than a million people annually. In his book, Everything Is TB, John tells Henry's story, intertwining it with the scientific and social history of how TB has shaped our world and how our choices will shape the future of TB.