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Active Tuberculosis Case Leaves 40 People Exposed At UMass Boston: Officials Active Tuberculosis Case Leaves 40 People Exposed At UMass Boston: Officials
Active Tuberculosis Case Leaves 40 People Exposed At UMass Boston: Officials Doctors have diagnosed a person at UMass Boston’s campus with active tuberculosis, with 39 people having possibly been exposed to the potentially fatal virus, officials said in a school-wide letter on Monday, Nov. 6. It’s unclear how the person with tuberculosis is associated with the school, wrote Robert Pomales, executive director of the university’s health services. Officials said the person is being treated and may have been infected years before this flare-up, NBC Boston reported. "Although TB is a serious disease caused by a germ that is spread through the air, it is important to not…

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