Learn about the history of tuberculosis (TB), including where the infection originated. This article also looks at the history of TB testing and treatments.

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 ...

Review of Vidya Krishnan’s Phantom Plague — How Tuberculosis Shaped History: The chimera of tackling TB A quarter of the world’s estimated tuberculosis cases are in India ...

CLINICS UNITE FOR WHITE PLAGUE WAR; Eleven of Them Join in an Association for the Extermination of Tuberculosis.

In the 1700s, TB was called "the white plague" due to the pale appearance of the patients. According to CDC, tuberculosis had different names in different civilizations.

Bestselling author John Green, known for "The Fault in Our Stars" and "Turtles All the Way Down," turns to nonfiction with "Everything Is Tuberculosis." The book sheds light on the history and ...

John Green’s new book, Everything Is Tuberculosis, reveals how social injustice sustains the disease, despite available cures and vaccines.

This cover image released by Crash Course Books shows "Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection" by John Green. (Crash Course Books via AP) So you read ...

Jan. 21—GRANITE FALLS — One story about the "white plague" made the rounds over and over in the newspapers of Minnesota in the early 1900s. Nearly every publication that Mary Krugerud looked ...

Because, in true John Green fashion, there’s a footnote on the copyright page explaining the reasoning behind the font choice for his newest book, “Everything is Tuberculosis.” Early on ...