Tuberculosis — Worldwide/Unknown
Over the past 3 years, Fulton County [Georgia] had the lowest number of tuberculosis [TB] cases in the nation. That has changed. Since the start of 2014, county health officials say 16 cases were reported in 3 homeless shelters in Atlanta. They are the Central Night Shelter, the Atlanta Union Mission and the Task Force for the Homeless.
Officials say it’s easy for diseases to thrive in homeless shelters. “The bacteria take advantage of their situation, the congregate settings in which they
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