In the last 5 years in South Carolina, we have had an average of 87 tuberculosis disease cases. Roughly, one-fourth of people worldwide are infected with tuberculosis. (Per the CDC: In 2018, …

The document below includes case counts and rates for active TB disease. Incidence rates in South Carolina for the past four years have been below the national incidence rate for …

1 day ago · HARTSVILLE, S.C. (WBTW) — A case of tuberculosis associated with Hartsville High School was laboratory confirmed by the South Carolina Department of Public Health …

6 hours ago · SOUTH CAROLINA, USA — Health officials are investigating a confirmed case of tuberculosis (TB) in a student at Hartsville High School, but they emphasize that the risk to the …

17 hours ago · HARTSVILLE, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed a case of tuberculosis (TB) linked to Hartsville High School, prompting a contact …

TB Services Provided by the State of South Carolina. Tuberculosis Control protects the public through case finding, treating both active tuberculosis disease and latent tuberculosis infection …

This gives statistics of tuberculosis cases in South Carolina.

Feb 8, 2024 · TB cases in South Carolina. 2019: 80; 2020: 67; 2021: 87; 2022: 101; The number in 2022 represents 1.9 cases per 100,000 South Carolinians, which is lower than the average …

Oct 11, 2023 · South Carolina's history with plagues is no more apparent than it is in the ruins of the long-shuttered tuberculosis sanatorium now boarded up, abandoned, and decaying in a …

The South Carolina Department of Public Health said the laboratory-confirmed case was associated with Hartsville High School. “DPH is working closely with school leadership to …