Wisconsin Assembly Democrats Question Why Health Officials Delayed Telling People a Blood Infecting was Spreading in Wisconsin
Sunday, May 1st, 2016 -- 6:41 AM
(AP) -Assembly Democrats want to know why state health officials delayed telling people that a blood infection was spreading in Wisconsin.The Department of Health Services began investigating an Elizabethkingia outbreak in December. The agency told hospitals to be on the lookout for infections in January but didn't announce it to the public until March. Assembly Democratic leaders sent Gov. Scott Walker a letter Thursday asking for an explanation.
DHS officials said this month that they didn't want to alarm the public because they hadn't determined the source, which limited advice on how to avoid infections. A Walker spokesman said Friday that DHS officials would respond to the lawmakers and clarify their reasoning. He also noted that Walker this month approved nine additional DHS positions to help investigate the outbreak.
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