US: Worst TB outbreak in 20 years kept secret

[Andrew49]

The Centre for Disease Control officer had a serious warning for Florida health officials in April: A tuberculosis outbreak in Jacksonville was one of the worst his group had investigated in 20 years. Linked to 13 deaths and 99 illnesses, including six children, it would require concerted action to stop.

That report had been penned on April 5, exactly nine days after Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed the bill that shrank the Department of Health and required the closure of the A.G. Holley State Hospital in Lantana, where tough tuberculosis cases have been treated for more than 60 years.

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[[ They [victims] wasted away before ever getting treatment, or were too far gone by the time it began. Most of the sick were poor black men ]]

[C. Flower]

The US is racked with poverty and ill health.

[fluffybiscuits]

The US is racked with poverty and ill health.

Its the most vunerable in society being hit and with the American health system being the way it is no wonder people are suffering...

[bernadette]

For one of the richest countries in the world America has one of the worst healthcare systems. I hope Obamacare is successful. he's got to get something right.