Inconspicuous Consumption

Natalie Shure contracted a serious strain of drug-resistant tuberculosis while volunteering for the Peace Corps in Ukraine. This essay pairs her personal experience—months of quarantine and chemo—with an investigation into the disease’s history, modern politics and ways in which worldwide treatment programs fail patients.

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Oct 16, 2014
Length: 26 minutes (6,649 words)