Tuberculosis

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Photo: Shutterstock Tuberculosis was once the leading cause of death in the United States. It may have been around 3 million years; it still kills people today. TB can infect people of all ages, as it did Art Holmstrom. He was a 17-year-old valedictorian-hopeful (Section 5 of Open Window.) My father, too, may have had…