TB patients who are no longer contagious can take their medication wherever and whenever they like. To observe treatment, all nurses have to do is watch a video of patients taking it.
The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency is working with University of San Diego officials to notify people who were possibly exposed to tuberculosis at the school. The period of exposure was from March 28 to June 20. Free testing for students who have been identified as potentially exposed will take place on a […]
The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency is working with Sweetwater Union High School District officials to notify people who were possibly exposed to tuberculosis at Olympian High School. The period of exposure is from February 15 to May 15. Free testing for students who may have been exposed will take place on Wednesday, […]
The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency is working with University of California San Diego officials to notify people who may have been exposed to tuberculosis on the main university campus in La Jolla. The period of potential exposure was from January 25 until May 15. Individuals known to have been exposed have […]
Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that can spread through the lymph nodes and bloodstream to any organ in the body.
Think of all the people you may have come into contact with in the past week. Now try for the past month. It’s probably too many people to keep track of, but for a communicable disease investigator, finding all those people is an important part of the job.
