LAPD Urges Officers To Take Precautions Amid TB Outbreak
The Los Angeles Police Department has asked officers who patrol the Skid Row neighborhood to wear protective masks and minimize face-to-face contact with individuals who might be infected with tuberculosis. The move comes days after CDC scientists were dispatched to Los Angeles County to help officials investigate and curb a TB outbreak that has sickened nearly 80 downtown residents and claimed 11 lives since 2007.
- "Downtown L.A. TB Outbreak: LAPD Urges Officers To Wear Masks" (Blankstein, "L.A. Now," Los Angeles Times, 2/25).