Parents of students at Southport High School in Indianapolis received a phone call Wednesday, April 22, from Principal Barbara Brouwer informing them that students and staff members had been exposed to tuberculosis (TB) by another student. The Marion County Public Health Department is recommending that any students and … Read More
At the June meeting of the Kosciusko County Board of Health, the Kosciusko County Health Department offered a tuberculosis update. “We don’t have any active cases at the present time,” said Bob Weaver of the health department. The last active TB case in the county was successfully treated … Read More
Communicable Disease Nurse Teresa Reed, RN, with the Kosciusko County Health Department, confirmed today that there is one case of tuberculosis in the county, but the case is no longer contagious. While a case is contagious, the infected individual is isolated to their home. Once testing confirms they … Read More
KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) — Central Indiana health officials have completed investigating a case of tuberculosis in Kokomo after testing 800 people for the disease. The Kokomo Tribune reported that Howard County health officials said Thursday that a local woman who had tested positive for TB has been released from … Read More
