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Douglas County testing hundreds for tuberculosis

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Douglas County testing hundreds for tuberculosis

Health Department employees went to work Friday with a public health emergency on the line.Workers manned phone lines and waited for callers after a case of tuberculosis potentially exposed hundreds at Westview YMCA in northwest Omaha. Health Director Lindsay Huse tells KETV NewsWatch 7 that contact tracers have tracked everyone potentially exposed, which is a … Read more

Douglas County confirms positive case of tuberculosis disease at local YMCA

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Douglas County confirms positive case of tuberculosis disease at local YMCA

The Douglas County Health Department has confirmed an active case of tuberculosis disease at a local YMCA.The health department is looking into over 500 possible exposures that may have happened at the Westview YMCA’s drop-in daycare, located near 156th Street and Summit Plaza.The possible exposures would have happened between late spring and late October, and … Read more