CA: Tuberculosis outbreak in downtown Los Angeles sparks federal effort

[Shiloh]

Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...-response.html

Tuberculosis outbreak in downtown L.A. sparks federal effort
February 21, 2013 | 4:33 pm

Public health officials have launched a new, coordinated effort to contain a persistent outbreak of tuberculosis in downtown L.A.?s skid row, including searching for more than 4,500 people who may have been exposed to the disease.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have dispatched scientists to Los Angeles to help local health officials figure out why the disease is spreading and how to stop it.

Nearly 80 tuberculosis cases have been identified and 11 people have died since 2007, most of them homeless people who live in and around skid row...

[Shiloh]

Re: CA: Tuberculosis outbreak in downtown Los Angeles sparks federal effort

Source: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/...n-tb-outbreak/

Health Official: Angelenos Not At Risk To Downtown TB Outbreak
February 26, 2013 5:58 PM

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com)? Angelenos are not in danger in the wake of a tuberculosis outbreak on Skid Row, according to the top county health official.

?The public is not at risk,? Dr. Jonathan Fielding, the head of the LA County Department of Public Health, told the Board of Supervisors...

[Emily]

Re: CA: Tuberculosis outbreak in downtown Los Angeles sparks federal effort

http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_...s-tb-outbreak/

CDC sends scientists to respond to Los Angeles TB outbreak
Published on February 26, 2013 by Bryan Cohen
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?This is the largest outbreak in a decade,? Jonathan Fielding, the director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, said, according to the Los Angeles Times. ?We are really putting all of our resources into this.?
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Los Angeles Police Department Senior Lead Officer Deon Joseph said that he has seen nearly every kind of disease run through the neighborhood, including HIV, TB, and hepatitis A, B and C.

?Historically, skid row has been kind of a?for lack of a better term?a Petri dish for a whole lot of things,? Joseph said, according to BlogDowntown.com. ?As long as I?ve known it and we just got to find a way to change that.?..