‘Funding for TB is in crisis,’ says John Green, author of Everything is Tuberculosis
John Green, author of bestselling books including The Fault In Our Stars, is a passionate campaigner for eradicating tuberculosis. In his new book, Everything is Tuberculosis, he writes about the history of the disease, the role of the U.S., and why he decided to do something about it. An edited excerpt from an interview:
A young tuberculosis patient receives medicines from a nurse at a TB hospital in Guwahati.
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Your book is part poetic, part philosophical, capturing the story of a disease panning three centuries. What motivated you to write it?About 1.25 million people died from TB in 2023. It’s over...
