Lynn Community Health Center a national model for fighting tuberculosis

Mark Miner, team leader of field operations team east for the CDC, speaks during a celebration of the completion of a three-year tuberculosis study at Lynn Community Health Center. (Spenser R. Hasak)

LYNN — Lynn Community Health Center won praise Thursday for its success in detecting and treating a leading global cause of death — tuberculosis. “This is a model program,” federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) team leader Mark Miner told 50 people celebrating the health center’s TB-fighting success since 2013. That was the…

Thor Jourgensen A newspaperman for 34 years, Thor Jourgensen has worked for the Item for 29 years and lived in Lynn 20 years. He has overseen the Item's editorial department since January 2016 and is the 2015 New England Newspaper and Press Association Bob Wallack Community Journalism Award recipient.

Thor Jourgensen can be reached at tjourgensen@itemlive.com

Lynn Community Health Center a national model for fighting tuberculosis

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