Prof. Tamara Venit-Shelton was quoted in a piece on TB testing for Ukrainian asylum seekers. She provided some historical context on how Los Angeles became a haven for health seekers in the mid 19th century. She shared, “…especially after the Transcontinental Railroad connected California to the rest of the country, health tourism became a more reliable source of income for Californians. It didn't take a lot of capital to set up a place that middle- and upper-class tourists could come to rest and recuperate.”