In recognition of World TB Day, The Jefferson County Department of Health Tuberculosis Program will offer Free TB Skin Testing Friday, March 22, 2019 Time: 8:00 am-3:00 pm Address: 1400 6th Avenue South, Specialty Clinic, Lower Level, Birmingham, 35233 Phone: (205)930-1570
Anyone can get TB. People with TB disease can be found in every state; in rural areas and cities; in schools, workplaces, homes; and in many other places where people are in close contact.
TB is preventable and curable. Yet, too many people in the United States still suffer from this disease.
Latent TB infection is a condition in which a person is infected with the TB bacteria, but does not currently have active TB disease and cannot spread TB to others. However, if these bacteria become active and multiply, latent TB infection can turn into TB disease.