Increase in TB in Maine

A common 19th century disease thought to have been nearly eradicated, poses a new threat to Maine.
State health officials say they are struggling to get the resources they need to combat tuberculosis before it becomes a full-blown epidemic.
And the clock is ticking.
State health officials say only with an infusion of state money will they be able to expand efforts begun in Portland where the first outbreak of T.B. in fifteen years has been contained.
Maine Public RAdio's Jeanne Baron reports.