EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS : History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

By John Green. London Ebury Press 2025 , John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease. “This highly readable call to action could not be more timely.” –Kirkus, starred review “Memorably probes the intersections of medicine and human emotion.” – Bookpage , starred review Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it. In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became 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, killing over a million people every year. In Everything Is Tuberculosis , John tells Henry’s story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world—and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis. 9781529961430

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STROKE : Medical History

By Aishwarya Aggarwal. Haryana Harper Collins 2025 , A stroke, or a brain attack, as it is sometimes referred to, strikes swiftly and without any apparent warning, leaving behind lasting damage. It is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide, claiming millions of lives each year. In Stroke: A Medical History, Dr Aishwarya Aggarwal takes readers on a captivating journey through the breakthroughs that have transformed stroke care---from early experiments on clot formation to the development of life-saving clot-dissolving drugs. She details the evolution of modern interventional techniques that remove clots, repair damaged vessels and prevent strokes, highlighting key moments in medical history that revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of stroke, and changed lives worldwide---all reinforcing the critical mantra that 'time is brain'. A unique blend of education and inspiration, Stroke will be an enlightening read for medical practitioners and lay readers alike. 9789365698855

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EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS : History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

STROKE : Medical History