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Criticized for Covering Up, Health Officials Unveils Statewide TB Plan

(Photo courtesy: Jerry Wong)

After taking a lot of heat for failing to disclose a recent tuberculosis outbreak in Jacksonville, Florida health officials on Monday released plans for a statewide protocol to treat the contagious disease. The goal is to cut in half the number of TB cases by 2020.

TB now presents itself in four of every 100,000 people in Florida.

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