Tuesday, April 03, 2007

TB in Jail


Robert Daniels was locked up in jail, not for a crime, but for the strain of TB that he has developed. XDR-TB is a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis. Daniels is 27-years-old and is from Phoenix, Arizona and is currently on a ventilation system that keeps this strain of TB from spreading. Foxnews.com reported, "County health authorities obtained a court order to lock him up as a danger to the public because he failed to take precautions to avoid infecting others. Specifically, he said he did not heed doctors' instructions to wear a mask in public." For this and other news please go to http://www.foxnews.com/ or http://www.cnn.com/.

No comments: