Students, staff members at East High School to be tested for tuberculosis
Source: kansascity.com Posted By: Monty C...5453 days ago
The Kansas City Health Department plans to test 80 students and staff members at East High School who may have been exposed to a student with active tuberculosis.
The student is a foreign national who probably became infected while living abroad, said Health Department spokesman Jeff Hershberger.
The Health Department distributed a letter Thursday to students explaining the situation. Some students in classes with the infected student also were given parental permission slips for testing, which....