by Nada Hassanein | Feb 27, 2026 | Antibiotics, ICE, immigration jails, Measles, News, Public Health, Trump Administration, Tuberculosis
In Johnson County, Iowa, the number of tuberculosis cases has increased in recent years — and so has the cost of containing it. The cost of contact tracing and surveillance, traveling each day to patients’ homes to ensure they take their meds or booking hotel rooms to quarantine patients, has surged from $17,000 in 2020 to $65,000 last year. That doesn’t include $13,000…
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by Colleen DeGuzman | Feb 10, 2026 | COVID-19, El Paso, ICE, immigration, immigration jails, News, Tuberculosis
Two cases of tuberculosis and 18 cases of COVID-19 were recently identified at a massive immigration detention center in El Paso, according to city officials and a Democratic congresswoman. El Paso’s U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar disclosed the infections after her Friday visit to Camp East Montana, the 5,000-bed tent facility the federal government hastily built last year on the Fort Bliss Army…
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