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Metro
Hundreds of newborns possibly exposed to TB
By Laura Italiano
October 31, 2013 | 3:44pm
A female maternity worker at St. Luke?s-Roosevelt Hospital has tested positive for tuberculosis ? potentially exposing hundreds of newborns and their family members to serious illness.
The unnamed worker at the hospital?s obstetrics department at 10th Avenue and W. 59th Street only tested positive for TB on Wednesday, but may have been putting babies at risk for months.
Roosevelt has contacted families who delivered babies at the hospital as long as two months ago, according to NBC-4...
Metro
Hundreds of newborns possibly exposed to TB
By Laura Italiano
October 31, 2013 | 3:44pm
A female maternity worker at St. Luke?s-Roosevelt Hospital has tested positive for tuberculosis ? potentially exposing hundreds of newborns and their family members to serious illness.
The unnamed worker at the hospital?s obstetrics department at 10th Avenue and W. 59th Street only tested positive for TB on Wednesday, but may have been putting babies at risk for months.
Roosevelt has contacted families who delivered babies at the hospital as long as two months ago, according to NBC-4...