John Green is correct, everything is tuberculosis. Green makes the case that "the real cause of contemporary tuberculosis is, for lack of a better term, us." In other words, we have everything we need to eliminate tuberculosis, except the will to do it. And in this era of anti-science and conspiracy theories, it is a delight to read a book which gets the science right. Prepare to become an advocate for eliminating tuberculosis worldwide.
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John Green, acclaimed author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world's deadliest infectious disease. Signed edition
“The real magic of Green's writing is the deeply considerate, human touch that goes into every word.” –The Associated Press
″Told with the intelligence, wit, and tragedy that have become hallmarks of the author's work.... This is the story of us.” –Slate
Climate change isn't just a problem for the future and for other parts of the world. Debra Hendrickson, a pediatrician, makes the case that climate change is hurting our children now, here in the USA. She supports her argument with four main points: 1) Forest Fires caused by global warming are fouling our air, 2) Excessive heat causes heatstroke in children, 3) Children suffer from trauma when they go through climate-related disasters, and 4) Infectious diseases are spreading to new regions. If you are a parent, or a new grandparent like me, read this book. As Hendrickson says, “the only heroes our children have are us.”
A timely, revelatory first look into the impact climate change has on children-the greatest moral crisis humanity faces today-by a pediatrician in the fastest warming city in America.
Wildfires, hurricanes, and heat waves make headlines. But what is happening in Debra Hendrickson's clinic tells another story of this strange and unsettling time. Hendrickson is a pediatrician in Reno, Nevada-the fastest warming city in the United States, where ash falls like snow during summer wildfires. In The Air They Breathe, Dr. Hendrickson recounts patients she's seen who were harmed by worsening smoke, smog, and pollen; two boys in Arizona, stricken by…
This year has been tough, and I have taken solace where I can find it. I found it in Timothy Snyder's book On Tyranny. It is terrifying and hopeful at the same time. Why read it? It is short, it goes straight to the point, and it tells it like it is. I don't usually read graphic books, but somehow this one worked for me. If you're like me and are weighed down by our current leaders, read this book. It will buck you up, and remind you what is important.
'A sort of survival book, a sort of symptom-diagnosis manual in terms of losing your democracy and what tyranny and authoritarianism look like up close' Rachel Maddow
'These 128 pages are a brief primer in every important thing we might have learned from the history of the last century, and all that we appear to have forgotten' Observer
History does not repeat, but it does instruct.
In the twentieth century, European democracies collapsed into fascism, Nazism and communism. These were movements in which a leader or a party claimed to give voice to the people, promised…
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is going to claim cell phone radiation is hazardous to your health. When he does, get my book Are Electromagnetic Fields Making Me Ill? The short answer: No, EM fields like those from a cell phone are not making you ill.
