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Tuberculosis (Karin Schermbrucker / Associated Press)

More TB Testing Ordered in Texas Border City School

A Texas border city’s public health officials expanded their tuberculosis (TB) testing and investigation after nearly three dozen students and staff tested positive at an elementary school and an unrelated case emerged at an area halfway house.

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163 Texas Border Students Tested for TB

School is out for summer but one Texas border city’s health officials called 163 elementary schoolchildren back into the classroom for testing following possible tuberculosis (TB) exposure.