tuberculosis

KENT, Wash. (AP) — Health officials say an inmate at a county jail in Suburban Seattle was diagnosed with infectious tuberculosis and had been in contact with at least 66 other inmates and staff between Nov. 20 and March 1. KCPQ-TV reports Public Health — Seattle & King County made the announcement Wednesday and said the county is working with jail staff to identify and screen exposed individu

RENTON (AP) — Health officials are recommending that 240 people at a suburban Seattle high school get tested for tuberculosis after someone at the school was diagnosed with the infectious disease. The Seattle Times reports officials are offering testing Jan...

SEATTLE (AP) — Officials say about 140 cancer patients in Seattle may have been exposed to tuberculosis by a health care worker who tested positive for the disease. The worker was exposed to patients at University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance between February and July...