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CDC defends actions in TB case as lawyer starts new treatment
Summary from United States, from articles in English
[UPDATED] (see summary with new information since yesterday)
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While the federal government rarely imposes quarantines issuing its first in more than four decades last week cities and states routinely isolate TB patients to prevent them from infecting others. (article 8)
Since the Atlanta lawyer has been isolated in a special room at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center, federal health officials lifted their quarantine order Saturday night, but it was replaced with a Denver health agency's restriction. (article 8)
Local health officials must ensure that Speaker takes his medicine and does not endanger the public. (article 8)
Bob Cooksey will be investigated to see how he was involved in the case, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday. (article 10)
A woman sped through a crowded street festival Saturday night, injuring about 35 people, including two police officers who drove their motor scooters into her path attempting to stop her, authorities said. (article 10)
Atlanta lawyer Andrew Speaker, 31, made headlines this week when he traveled on an international commercial flight with a rare form of drug-resistant tuberculosis. (article 7)
In an exclusive interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer , tuberculosis patient Andrew Speaker said he never thought others were at risk for catching his deadly disease. (article 6)
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Speaker, TB, CDC, Tuberculosis, Denver |
Source articles
- CBS News (CBS News, 06/01/2007, 638 words)
- Border guard let TB patient cross into U.S. (baltimoresun.com, 06/01/2007, 656 words)
- Tangle of Conflicting Accounts in TB Patient’s Odyssey (nytimes.com, 06/02/2007, 838 words)
- TB patient asks forgiveness from fellow flight passengers (baltimoresun.com, 06/02/2007, 845 words)
- TB Patient's Relative to Be Investigated (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2007, 609 words)
- ABC News: EXCLUSIVE: TB Patient: 'I Really Believed I Wasn't Putting People at Risk' (ABCNews, 06/01/2007, 394 words)
- ABC News: Timeline of Speaker's TB Odyssey (ABCNews, 06/01/2007, 350 words)
- ABC News: TB Quarantines Common at Local Level (ABCNews, 06/03/2007, 338 words)
- ABC News: The TB Debate: Who Was Right? (ABCNews, 06/02/2007, 357 words)
- The Seattle Times: Microbiologist to be investigated (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/03/2007, 477 words)
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