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Brooklyn NY: Tuberculosis cases confirmed at MTA facility

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Source: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7621711

Tuberculosis case confirmed at MTA facility
Friday, August 20, 201

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The New York City Health Department is investigating a confirmed case of tuberculosis at an MTA facility.

A worker at an MTA depot in Brooklyn came down with TB.

Another worker at the site may also have the highly contagious disease.

The health department will visit the depot on Monday to interview and examine other workers...
 
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Source: http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/as-tb-cases-spread-twu-demands-response-1.2234249

As TB cases spread, TWU demands response

Tuesday August 24, 2010 6:35 PM By Heather Haddon

A tuberculosis outbreak at a Brooklyn transit facility has union officials demanding the city take action against it before it continues to spread.

An additional two cases of TB were identified over the weekend among workers at the NYC Transit mobile wash facility on Quay Street in Greenpoint, bringing the total spotted in the last few weeks to five, according to Maurice Jenkins, the transit union chief for stations...
 
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