Log in to WRAL.com with one click using your favorite social network:
OR
Log in using your WRAL.com account:



Wrong email/password combination.

Forgot password?

Register with WRAL.com using your favorite social network:
OR
Register for a WRAL.com account using our web form.

Login Options

6:22 a.m. • 2-12-12

Weather Forecast for Raleigh

  • Today: Clear.
    • Hi: 41° F
  • Mon: Partly Cloudy.
    • Hi: 50° F
  • Tue: Rain.
    • Hi: 53° F

Other Locations

> 7 Day Forecast

Doppler Image

Marketplace Links

Social Links

Main Menu

Three Students At Pine Forest H.S. Exposed To Tuberculosis


e-mail print friendly

Some parents and students in Cumberland County are resting easy after receiving results from their tuberculosis test at Pine Forest High School.

Last week, the Cumberland County Health Department tested close to 400 students and staff workers. Three people tested positive for TB exposure. However, that does not necessarily mean they have tuberculosis, but that they have been exposed to the disease either by a student or someone else.

"If you look at our 380 students and less than three have tested positive for TB, I think we can pretty much rest assured that this has not been a significant amount of exposure at the high school," health director Janet Lindbloom said.

Seventeen students who were either absent last week or transferred out of Pine Forest High School last week still require testing.

  • Reporter: Shani Blount
  • Photographer: David McCorkle
  • Web Editor: Kamal Wallace

RELATED TOPICS: Pine Forest High, Cumberland County

e-mail print friendly

0 Comments


WRAL.com welcomes your comments on this story. All comments are moderated prior to publication based on our posting guidelines. Please review them prior to posting and if your message is not approved.

View Comments 0 COMMENTS

This story is closed for comments. Comments on WRAL.com news stories are accepted and moderated between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.

View Comments 0 COMMENTS
Report It

Multimedia

Click Here