Article: TB TERROR; Epidemic threat as Irish Health Board admits: We can't afford to vaccinate.(News)

Byline: EXCLUSIVE By NAOMI McELROY

IRELAND could be on the verge of a Tuberculosis epidemic because a health board claims it can't afford to vaccinate newborn babies - and the Health Department didn't know...

The life-saving BCG vaccine is given at birth in every other health board region in the country, but children born in the Southern Health Board area miss out on the vital injection which protects against the deadly disease.

And with immigrants who have not been immunised carrying the killer virus into the country, experts believe it is only a ...

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