Irving Nimitz students to be offered tuberculosis testing after one gets the disease
A Nimitz High School student appears to have tuberculosis, prompting health officials to offer testing for other students who may have been exposed to the dangerous but curable lung disease.
The infected student attended Nimitz last school year but did not return after the summer. The district believes fewer than 100 currently enrolled students may have been exposed to the disease last spring semester. The principal is meeting with parents of those students, who can get free skin tests next Wednesday at the high school.
In the mean time, the district is mailing all Nimitz parents and, of course, letting the media know.
The county health department informed the district that the student is being treated for the disease this week. The district assures parents that you need to be in close contact with an infected person for long periods of time to catch tuberculosis. It’s spread through coughing.
More at http://irvingblog.dallasnews.com/2013/09/nimitz-students-to-be-offered-tuberculosis-testing-after-one-gets-the-disease.html/ .
[font color=green]Fortunately, I don't plan on hanging out at the high schools when I move back to Irving next month.[/font]