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School tests for possible tuberculosis
Michelle Mitchell ? The Desert Sun ? April 23, 2010
A potential tuberculosis case at a La Quinta middle school has led officials to test others at the school.
?We're testing as a precaution,? said Barbara Cole, director of Disease Control for the Riverside County Department of Public Health. ?At this point, we feel it's overall a low risk.?
There was a suspected ? but not confirmed ? case of TB in a person at Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle School.
Privacy laws prevent officials from releasing whether it was a student or a staff member who had the possible infection...
School tests for possible tuberculosis
Michelle Mitchell ? The Desert Sun ? April 23, 2010
A potential tuberculosis case at a La Quinta middle school has led officials to test others at the school.
?We're testing as a precaution,? said Barbara Cole, director of Disease Control for the Riverside County Department of Public Health. ?At this point, we feel it's overall a low risk.?
There was a suspected ? but not confirmed ? case of TB in a person at Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle School.
Privacy laws prevent officials from releasing whether it was a student or a staff member who had the possible infection...