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Possible mumps outbreak shuts down visiting at two Texas prisons
By Keri Blakinger, Staff Writer Updated 11:45 pm, Sunday, February 18, 2018
...The Beto Unit in Tennessee Colony and the Segovia Unit in Edinburg are both dealing with the possibility of mumps, while the McConnell, Ellis and Terrell units are all grappling with gastrointestinal illnesses, Clark said.
A number of mumps cases surfaced in early 2017 in Texas, and the disease made its way into the prison system around April, hitting Willacy County State Jail north of Brownsville and the nearby Lopez State Jail in Edinburg, according to TDCJ.
Possible mumps outbreak shuts down visiting at two Texas prisons
By Keri Blakinger, Staff Writer Updated 11:45 pm, Sunday, February 18, 2018
...The Beto Unit in Tennessee Colony and the Segovia Unit in Edinburg are both dealing with the possibility of mumps, while the McConnell, Ellis and Terrell units are all grappling with gastrointestinal illnesses, Clark said.
A number of mumps cases surfaced in early 2017 in Texas, and the disease made its way into the prison system around April, hitting Willacy County State Jail north of Brownsville and the nearby Lopez State Jail in Edinburg, according to TDCJ.