Author John Green meets a young tuberculosis patient

Taking on drug-resistant TB in Afghanistan

Taking on drug-resistant TB in Afghanistan An MSF hospital in Kandahar provides patients and their families with TB testing and treatment while spreading awareness about the highly transmissible disease. Leila Rafei March 27 2025, 11:30am “I had all the symptoms—I was coughing, I had a headache, I had pain in my legs and in my whole body, and I had a fever during the night,” said Naqibullah. “My grandmother was the first to suffer from TB and …

For John Green, It’s Tuberculosis All the Way Down

The first time I read a book by the best-selling young adult novelist John Green, I was on a plane. “The Fault in Our Stars,” about a teenage cancer patient who falls in love, made me cry so hard that a flight attendant repeatedly came to check on me. Mr. Green’s new book is nonfiction and it’s about tuberculosis, the infectious disease. TB, he says, has become his great obsession; he talks about it to his millions of young followers on TikTok a…

Author John Green meets a young tuberculosis patient

"At the time, I knew almost nothing about TB. To me, it was a disease of history — something that killed depressive 19th-century poets, not present-tense humans."

Tuberculosis on the Rise Again in the United States

WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Preliminary data released this month by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that more than 10,300 tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported last year, representing an 8 percent increase from 2023…

John Green's Constant Battle with Tuberculosis

Noren: The initial patient with tuberculosis I encountered in Nairobi had an advanced form of drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). The chances of the known cure being effective for him were very slim. Despite this, he remained optimistic as he received his Delamanid medication daily. Unfortunately, it was eventually out of stock. Green: Oh my god. Noren: [...] Source The post John Green’s Constant Battle with Tuberculosis appeared first on Mond…

Post-Tuberculosis Sequelae Take a Toll on Life Expectancy

TOPLINE: The life expectancy of patients diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) was found to be reduced compared with that of individuals without TB. Post-TB sequelae also reduced life expectancy and quality-adjusted life expectancy among TB survivors in the United States.  METHODOLOGY: Researchers aimed to estimate the health impact of TB, including post-TB sequelae, among survivors in […] The post Post-Tuberculosis Sequelae Take a Toll on Life Expec…