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Article: Although Statewide and Nationwide TB Cases Decrease, TB Cases Increase in 20 Local California Areas; American Lung Association of California Urges Investment in Prevention Efforts on World Stop TB Day, March 24.
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- AScribe Medicine News Service
- Article date:
- March 22, 2007
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Byline: American Lung Association
OAKLAND, Calif., March 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although tuberculosis (TB) cases dropped 2.3 percent nationwide (2006 compared to 2005), and 4.2 percent in California, increases were experienced in 20 local California areas (33 percent of California's 61 health jurisdictions). On World TB Day (March 24), the American Lung Association of California emphasizes that the declining number of cases continues to slow and calls on the State of California to avert a TB resurgence in this state by increasing funding for prevention and control efforts.
"TB anywhere is TB everywhere," said Barbara Cole, RN, MSN, PHN, a volunteer ...