The Nation - News from May 8, 1987
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As many as half the nation’s homeless people may be infected with tuberculosis, forming “a large reservoir” of potential cases of the once-dreaded lung disease, federal health officials said. Recent studies have shown that between 2% and 7% of the homeless have tuberculosis, a rate anywhere from 150 to 300 times higher than the national average.
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