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Local TB cases up 7% in 2013; increase is mostly among the homeless
By Eryn Brown
March 20, 2014, 5:03 p.m.
Tuberculosis cases in Los Angeles County rose 7% last year, public health officials reported Thursday.
The increase, from 625 in 2012 to 666 in 2013, occurred "mainly among the homeless," Department of Public Health Director Dr. Jonathan Fielding wrote to the county Board of Supervisors...
Local TB cases up 7% in 2013; increase is mostly among the homeless
By Eryn Brown
March 20, 2014, 5:03 p.m.
Tuberculosis cases in Los Angeles County rose 7% last year, public health officials reported Thursday.
The increase, from 625 in 2012 to 666 in 2013, occurred "mainly among the homeless," Department of Public Health Director Dr. Jonathan Fielding wrote to the county Board of Supervisors...