Overview

• Cache Creek Casino Resort issued a public health alert after confirming a contagious tuberculosis case among its visitors.
• The resort is collaborating with Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency and the California Department of Public Health to conduct contact tracing and notify exposed individuals.
• Close contact is defined as spending at least eight hours cumulatively near the infected person and those meeting the threshold will be evaluated for TB infection.
• Health officials warn that tuberculosis spreads through airborne droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes and that symptoms include a persistent cough, chest pain, fever and night sweats.
• California has averaged over 2,000 tuberculosis cases annually since 2023 with an 11-case outbreak at a Pacheco casino in 2023 linked to similar patterns of prolonged exposure.