This issue of the Journal contains two articles that bear on the status of tuberculosis in the United States. One is a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on tuberculosis in foreign-born persons,1 and the other is a Sounding Board article by Ziv and Lo on the potential consequences for health care of California's Proposition 187.2 These articles raise several important issues, which can be placed in context by a brief review of contemporary principles of tuberculosis control. The two fundamental components of U.S. public health policy for the control of tuberculosis are the early identification. © 1995, Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.

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