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Marc Siegel

Flying clear of tuberculosis

By Marc Siegel
June 6, 2007

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FOLLOWING the news of Andrew Speaker's honeymoon escapade, where he flew unchecked while harboring a resistant tuberculosis bug, many of my patients have begun to ask me what their risks are of catching TB on a plane. The simple answer I give them is "extremely low." Big HEPA filters screen out more than 99 percent of viral and bacterial particles, ... (Full article: 764 words)

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