{
  "id": "2024-11-26-georgetown-university-tuberculosis-case",
  "slug": "georgetown-university-tuberculosis-case-2024-11-26",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Georgetown University",
    "shortName": "Georgetown",
    "state": "DC",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "HOYAlert",
    "enrollment": 21000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-11-26",
    "type": "public-health",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "headline": "Public health alert for the first tuberculosis case on campus since 2007",
    "headlinePublic": "Public health alert for the first tuberculosis case on campus since 2007",
    "summary": "On November 26, 2024, [Georgetown University issued a Public Health Alert](https://www.georgetown.edu/news/public-health-alert-tuberculosis-case-nov2024/) reporting that a Capitol Campus community member had been diagnosed with tuberculosis. The university said the [DC Department of Health (DC Health)](https://thehoya.com/science/tuberculosis-case-reported-on-capitol-campus/) was leading the public-health response, including contact tracing, and would directly notify any community members who needed testing.",
    "outcome": "The diagnosed individual was receiving treatment and doing well. DC Health determined who must be notified or tested based on exposure level; testing was made available through the Student Health Center and One Medical, and DC Health held a virtual information session on November 26. It was reported as Georgetown's first TB case since 2007.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-11-26T11:00:00-05:00",
      "timestampApprox": "November 26, 2024",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Dear Members of the Georgetown University Community, We are writing to inform you that a Capitol Campus community member has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. The individual is currently receiving treatment and doing well, and we are providing support and resources. We are working closely with the District of Columbia Department of Health (DC Health), which is leading the public health response including contact tracing, as well as with Georgetown's infectious disease experts. DC Health determines who must be notified or tested based on their level of potential exposure and will directly notify any community members who may need to be tested. For those individuals, testing will be available at the Student Health Center for students, or for faculty and staff through One Medical or their health care provider. DC Health will also have additional testing options available for community members identified as close contacts.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.georgetown.edu/news/public-health-alert-tuberculosis-case-nov2024/",
      "sourceDescription": "Georgetown University official news page, Public Health Alert text confirmed verbatim from Google-indexed content of the official page across multiple independent search queries; consistent across all indexed excerpts",
      "annotations": [
        "The alert localizes the case to the Capitol Campus rather than the main Hilltop campus, an important geographic cue for Georgetown's multi-campus community.",
        "DC Health is named as the decision-maker on who gets notified or tested, and the alert promises direct contact, again gating action to defined close contacts.",
        "Routing students to the Student Health Center and employees to One Medical reflects Georgetown's bifurcated care system rather than a single campus clinic."
      ],
      "characterCount": 932
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "follow-up",
      "timestamp": "2024-11-26T15:00:00-05:00",
      "timestampApprox": "Afternoon of November 26, 2024",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceUrl": "https://thehoya.com/science/tuberculosis-case-reported-on-capitol-campus/",
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from The Hoya reporting and Georgetown's alert detail",
      "annotations": []
    }
  ],
  "context": "Georgetown's November 2024 tuberculosis alert was notable for being the university's first reported TB case since 2007 and for involving its newer Capitol Campus rather than the main Hilltop. Per the [official Public Health Alert](https://www.georgetown.edu/news/public-health-alert-tuberculosis-case-nov2024/), the [DC Department of Health](https://thehoya.com/science/tuberculosis-case-reported-on-capitol-campus/) led contact tracing and would directly notify anyone needing testing, while the student newspaper [The Hoya](https://thehoya.com/science/tuberculosis-case-reported-on-capitol-campus/) reported the same-day virtual information session. The case unfolded the same month as the [Elmhurst University TB notice](https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2024/11/02/tuberculosis-outbreak-reported-elmhurst-university-health-infectious-disease-suburban-chicago) in Illinois, and both followed the standard county/district-led TB playbook: a campuswide alert for transparency, paired with narrow, exposure-gated testing. Georgetown's bifurcated care routing (Student Health Center for students, One Medical for employees) reflects its institutional structure.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Reported as Georgetown's first TB case since 2007, and located on the Capitol Campus rather than the main Hilltop",
    "DC Health led contact tracing and pledged to directly notify only those needing testing, gating community action",
    "The university paired the written alert with a same-day 3 p.m. virtual information session to address questions quickly",
    "Care was routed differently for students (Student Health Center) and employees (One Medical), reflecting Georgetown's structure"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Public Health Alert: Tuberculosis Case - Georgetown University",
      "url": "https://www.georgetown.edu/news/public-health-alert-tuberculosis-case-nov2024/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Tuberculosis Case Reported on Capitol Campus - The Hoya",
      "url": "https://thehoya.com/science/tuberculosis-case-reported-on-capitol-campus/",
      "type": "student-newspaper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Office of Public Health - Georgetown University",
      "url": "https://publichealth.georgetown.edu/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "tuberculosis",
    "public-health",
    "contact-tracing",
    "dc",
    "capitol-campus",
    "advisory"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-28",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-06-01",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}