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How Social Ills and Government Failures Contribute to a New Rise in TB

Dr. Barry Bloom teaches at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He was chair of the Tuberculosis Committee of the Special Programme for Vaccine Development at the WHO. He'll talk with Terry about the the return of tuberculosis fueled by poverty, homelessness, and AIDS.

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Other segments from the episode on July 13, 1992

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, July 13, 1992: Interview with Barry Bloom; Interview with Peter Bagge; Review of Lindsey Buckingham's album "Out of the Cradle."

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