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Article: NUMBER OF TUBERCULOSIS CASES SOARS IN NEW YORK CITY MAJOR PROGRAM FAILINGS FOUND; OFFICIALS VOW REFORM.(Local)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- January 24, 1988
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Byline: Bruce Lambert New York Times
Amid a disturbing resurgence of tuberculosis in New York City, a federal review has found major failings in local prevention efforts, and city health officials have vowed to revamp the entire program.
The disease, once the nation's leading killer but now classified as curable, began making a comeback here in 1979 after decades of steady decline. Its spread has accelerated to the point that the city's tuberculosis rate is now three and a half times the national average.
Tuberculosis, which is spread by airborne bacteria when infected people cough, has hit hardest at the homeless and the world of the ...