Health officials insist they warned TB patient
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The lawyer infected with a dangerous form of tuberculosis who sparked an international hunt when he eluded health authorities insisted on Wednesday that he had never been told he posed a risk to others.
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A man infected with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis who was forcibly isolated after traveling across much of Europe is not likely to have been highly infectious, U.S. health experts said on Wednesday.
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A man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis may have spread the disease to passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month
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The death toll from a highly drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis has risen to 74 in South Africa and a health official on Wednesday predicted more casualties from the deadly disease.
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Border officers will no longer have the discretion to ignore directives barring someone from entering the country after a man crossed the border with a rare form of tuberculosis last month, a Department of Homeland Security official said Tuesday.
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Tuberculosis is currently treated with a cocktail of three drugs that must be taken every day for six to nine months -- an overwhelming commitment that many TB patients do not keep.
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Officials of federal agencies that guard public health and the nation's borders yesterday told congressional committees that they made mistakes in their unsuccessful effort to stop an Atlanta lawyer from traveling on two continents with an extremely dangerous form of tuberculosis last month.
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The United States has placed in isolation a man who may have exposed fellow passengers and crew on two May trans-Atlantic flights to a tuberculosis strain that is extremely hard to treat, officials said on Tuesday.
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A man infected with tuberculosis who caused an international health scare in May underwent surgery to remove the diseased part of his right lung.
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Public-health and homeland-security officials admitted to slip-ups in their handling of the Andrew Speaker TB case. Will the government be ready next time?
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The United States has isolated a man who may have exposed fellow passengers on two transatlantic flights to a strain of tuberculosis that is extremely hard to treat, officials said on Tuesday.
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Hundreds of patients and hospital workers may have been exposed to tuberculosis by a health care worker sick with the airborne disease, and at least 10 people have caught it, public health officials said Monday.
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British agricultural authorities issued  a warning to the public on Tuesday after a bat that eluded the  island nation's strict controls tested positive for a strain  that can infect humans.
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A man with a rare and exceptionally dangerous form of tuberculosis has been placed in quarantine by the U.S. government after possibly exposing passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights this month, health officials said Tuesday.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Health officials were searching Monday for dozens of airline passengers who may have come in contact with a 30-year-old woman infected with a hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis on a flight from India.
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PARIS -- The spread of a new, highly resistant form of tuberculosis that is ``virtually untreatable" is causing alarm among international health officials who say that it has now been identified in ``all regions of the world," according to the World Health Organization.
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Health officials were searching for airline passengers who may have come in contact with a 30-year-old woman infected with a hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis on a flight from India.