Tuberculosis is one of the diseases that had been (past tense) conquered by modern medicine. Or at least people thought it had been conquered. Not so much anymore.
From California we get an update on a health emergency. California Tuberculosis outbreak kills 1, infects 14 as officials declare health emergency
A deadly outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) has occurred inside a California hotel housing homeless people, leading to the death of one person and forcing city health officials to declare a public health emergency.
The alarming outbreak at the unnamed hotel infected 14 people, resulting in nine people being hospitalized, the Department of Health and Human Services for Long Beach announced Thursday. The identity of the deceased individual has not been released.
There are more details on the people exposed, and what the city/county is doing, though they actually are not saying which city is the site of this outbreak.
California is not alone in dealing with this disease. Tuberculosis breaks out at Chicago migrant shelters following measles cases
Chicago health officials have announced that a "small number" of tuberculosis (TB) cases have been reported at some migrant facilities following a recent outbreak of measles among migrants living in the Windy City's shelters.
The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) said the TB cases were reported in "a few different shelters" in the city. However, officials did not disclose the exact number of confirmed cases or which shelter locations they originated from, Fox 32 Chicago reports.
Measles is another disease that seems to be making a comeback.
The confirmed tuberculosis cases come as more than 55 measles cases have now been confirmed in Chicago, with the majority of those cases being reported in the Pilsen migrant shelter on Halsted Street.
Modern civilization was great while it lasted. (Hat tip to Second City Cop.)
Let's just label it all under the Biden Pandemic.
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