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Public health agency reviewing TB cases in DUSD
by Henry Veneracion, Staff Writer The Downey Patriot
3 hrs 52 mins ago
DOWNEY ? Citing medical confidentiality and privacy, county health and Downey Unified School District officials are being tight-lipped about the results of skin tests the health department conducted at Downey High School on Feb. 22, and again on Feb. 24, involving about 100 students believed to have been exposed to two students who tested positive for tuberculosis late last year.
A few staff members were also tested. The two students had both been in one math class, and one of them briefly attended an after-school class at Warren High.
The tests, which raised anxiety levels among parents because of the contagious nature of tuberculosis, were actually triggered by a CBS News finding that several students had tested positive months before. This was not lost on the parents, who questioned why the tests were not conducted sooner because of the potential health hazard involved...
Public health agency reviewing TB cases in DUSD
by Henry Veneracion, Staff Writer The Downey Patriot
3 hrs 52 mins ago
DOWNEY ? Citing medical confidentiality and privacy, county health and Downey Unified School District officials are being tight-lipped about the results of skin tests the health department conducted at Downey High School on Feb. 22, and again on Feb. 24, involving about 100 students believed to have been exposed to two students who tested positive for tuberculosis late last year.
A few staff members were also tested. The two students had both been in one math class, and one of them briefly attended an after-school class at Warren High.
The tests, which raised anxiety levels among parents because of the contagious nature of tuberculosis, were actually triggered by a CBS News finding that several students had tested positive months before. This was not lost on the parents, who questioned why the tests were not conducted sooner because of the potential health hazard involved...