City of El Paso Department of Health’s ongoing tuberculosis updates

The following are the official news releases sent out by the City of El Paso Department of Public Health regarding the tuberculosis exposure at Providence Memorial Hospital. Click on the links for the news releases.

Sept. 19:TB Investigation

Sept. 23:TB Hospital Event Update 1

Sept. 24:TB Hospital Event Update 2

Sept. 25:TB Hospital Event Update 3

Sept: 27:TB Hospital Event Update 4(announced that 5 babies tested positive for TB but 4 of them given BCG vaccine so those are believed to be false positives)

Sept. 29:TB Hospital Event Update 5

Sept. 30:TB Hospital Event Update 6

Oct. 1:TB Hospital Event Update 7