Source: http://www.amny.com/news/tuberculosi...dept-1.7456560
Tuberculosis cases on the rise in the city: Health Dept.
By SHAWN MCCREESH/ Special to amNewYork March 20, 2014
Tuberculosis is on the rise in New York City for the first time in a decade, the city said.
Cases of the infection increased 1% from 2012 to 656 cases in 2013, according to the city's health department.
The TB rate in New York, 8.0 per 100,000, is more than twice the 2013 national rate...
Tuberculosis cases on the rise in the city: Health Dept.
By SHAWN MCCREESH/ Special to amNewYork March 20, 2014
Tuberculosis is on the rise in New York City for the first time in a decade, the city said.
Cases of the infection increased 1% from 2012 to 656 cases in 2013, according to the city's health department.
The TB rate in New York, 8.0 per 100,000, is more than twice the 2013 national rate...