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Harris County’s TB Rate Is Nearly Double the Nation’s. What Houston Parents Can Do.

Posted on by Ashley Guidry
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22
Jul

Texas already has one of the highest tuberculosis rates in the country, and Harris County’s is higher still. A recent Harris County Public Health report shows 5.5 active TB cases per 100,000 people in 2024, compared with 4.1 across Texas and 3.1 nationally that same year. With a new school year on the horizon and …

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