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

Tuberculosis may seem like a historic disease: A scourge of overcrowded, unsanitary European cities of the 19th century, a plot point in La Bohème or Jane Eyre, and an inspiration for mournful ...

Johann Schonlein first coined the term ‘tuberculosis’ in 1834. At the beginning of the 19th century, there was a scientific debate about the exact etiology of tuberculosis. Many theories ...

The tuberculosis epidemic also led to the ... labeled the "the revolt against the whisker." Up until the late 19th century, spitting in public was considered acceptable social behavior in America ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is mostly forgotten ... Now, although the disease is neither as prevalent nor as deadly as it was in the 19th century, it is around — and showing signs of making an unwelcome ...

Without public health surveillance, officials trying to tackle outbreaks, identify threats and evaluate treatments are working ‘in the darkness of ignorance.’ ...