South Texas Fights Tuberculosis One Blood Test At A Time

(By Wendy Rigby for Texas Public Radio in partnership with NPR and Kaiser Health News)

Like most people at Haven for Hope,  San Antonio’s largest homeless shelter, James Harrison doesn’t plan on staying long. I lost my apartment and had nowhere else to go, he explained.

But while he’s here, he’s taking advantage of free medical testing- a screening for dormant tuberculosis. Continue reading article here…

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