- {Huntington, West Virginia}...Health officials in Huntington are on alert. Elizabeth Ayers with the Cabell Huntington Health Department says five to six people in Huntington have tested positive for tuberculosis, a serious and sometimes deadly disease. Ayers say the cases of TB were happening in a high rise in the downtown area of Huntington. A worker at Westview Manor has confirmed one person had TB and says health department workers tested 84 people Monday who live in the high rise. The person who tested positive for tuberculosis is no longer living at the high rise. People living at Westview say the facility is extremely clean, and they know workers are taking every precaution.