Possible Case Of TB Reported At Hurricane Shelter
94679
MIAMI -- A person who was staying in a Miami-Dade County hurricane shelter has been removed from the shelter after displaying symptoms of a serious and contagious disease.
149787
A man infected with a drug-resistant form of TB knew he was not supposed to travel overseas but did so anyway, the CDC said today, potentially exposing others to the disease. The man who is quarantined in an Atlanta hospital, however, told a newspaper that health officials who informed him he was infected said they "preferred" he not travel.
744758
A tuberculosis patient under the first federal quarantine since 1963 because of a rare and dangerous strain of the disease was flown to Denver for treatment Thursday at a hospital that specializes in respiratory disorders, officials said.
630661
PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - Kathy Tooker has staked out a  space for herself and her four kids on the linoleum floor of a  Red Cross shelter and filled it with an inflatable mattress,  gym mats, a crib for the baby and bags of clothes and toys.
743511
A US TB patient who sparked an health scare in May says doctors had told him he was not contagious.
215780
A man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis ignored doctors' advice and took two trans-Atlantic flights, leading to the first U.S. government-ordered quarantine since 1963, health officials said Tuesday. The man, whom officials did not identify, is at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital in respiratory isolation.
208038
Federal health authorities are looking for people who may have been exposed aboard a plane to someone infected with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis known as XDR-TB.
458422
MAE SOT, Thailand  - Aid workers have discovered the first cases of "extensively drug resistant" TB among migrants from Myanmar, intensifying fears about untreatable infectious diseases propagating in the army-ruled former Burma.
326403
US health officials begin a worldwide search to find people who may have come into contact with a TB carrier.
677358
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.
27990
Health officials on Thursday were investigating the cause of an illness that has spread through an assisted-living facility, leaving one resident dead and eight hospitalized.
32579
The Atlanta lawyer quarantined with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis has a relatively low chance of spreading the disease, possibly allowing him to leave his isolation room for a short time, hospital officials said Tuesday.
741779
South African health authorities   went on high alert on Wednesday after officials confirmed a   case of a new, deadly strain of tuberculosis in Johannesburg,   the country's economic hub.
145787
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.
353028
The W.H.O. will meet this week to plan a response to reports of deadly strains of tuberculosis that are virtually untreatable with standard drugs.
765543
The man quarantined for a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis settled in Saturday for what could be a two-month hospital stay by taking antibiotics and fielding phone calls.
345879
A new, untreatable form of tuberculosis is striking up to 30,000 people a year, the World Health Organization said on Friday, and warned it could spark an "apocalyptic scenario" if unchecked.