preschool student tests positive for tuberculosis
A Richmond preschool student at the Preschool Development Center on North 29th Street has tested positive for tuberculosis. Students and teachers were tested yesterday and the results are expected tomorrow. The student who tested positive has not attended school in about a month for unrelated reasons.
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11 test positive for exposure to TB
Six students and five adults at Richmond’s Preschool Development Center tested positive for exposure to tuberculosis yesterday. [...] The results indicate only that the 11 people have been exposed to the bacterial infection. The city’s Department of Public Health will give chest X-rays to the group on Monday to see if the disease is active in anyone, said Michael Welch, an official with the department.