{"id":292711,"date":"2026-04-30T06:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T06:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/292711\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T06:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T06:23:14","slug":"one-tuberculosis-case-22-infections-at-justin-garza-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/292711\/","title":{"rendered":"One tuberculosis case, 22 infections at Justin Garza High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An active case of tuberculosis has emerged at a high school in Fresno, though officials say there\u2019s minimal risk to the community.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno County Department of Public Health confirmed the case at Justin Garza High School on Wednesday morning. Department spokesperson Sonia Brar said the one confirmed, active case yielded 169 identified exposures, and 22 of those tested positive for infection.<\/p>\n<p>An active case of tuberculosis means someone feels sick and is able to spread the disease, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/tb\/causes\/index.html\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In situations of tuberculosis infection, or latent tuberculosis, people were exposed to the condition but do not feel sick and are unable to spread it. Treatment helps prevent latent tuberculosis from escalating into active cases.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear if the active case is an adult or juvenile. The department is working with Justin Garza staff to conduct contact tracing, testing and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Johnathon Burrows, spokesperson for Central Unified, said the school district is following all safety protocols.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s minimal risk to the public, Brar said. Aside from the one confirmed case, there are currently no other contagious tuberculosis cases at the school.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777490828_538_IMG_4053.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nick Fenley\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Fenley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and has been with The Bee since 2025.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An active case of tuberculosis has emerged at a high school in Fresno, though officials say there\u2019s minimal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-292711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}