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1. Everything is tuberculosis: the history and persistence of our deadliest infection

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Author:
Green, John, 1977-
Average Rating:
5 stars
Formats:
Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John beccame 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,...