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July 17, 2007

X-ray machine may thwart TB epidemic

The Arizona Daily Sun

PHOENIX -- State health officials are buying a portable X-ray machine in hopes of preventing an epidemic of tuberculosis.

Wil Humble, the state's assistant director of public health, said Arizona's homeless population is most at risk for catching active TB because they don't have regular access to health care. And he said the close living situation in many shelters makes it much easier to spread.

But Humble said it would be wrong to see this strictly as a problem for the homeless.

Posted by Editor at July 17, 2007 07:45 AM

[Category: Health Care]

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