The Medical Freedom Channel

“The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, underscoring the threat of an emerging, lethal form of tuberculosis, issued a rare federal public health order on Monday that placed an infected Georgia man into quarantine and announced yesterday that it is searching for airline passengers he may have exposed to the disease on two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month. It was believed to be the first federal order of quarantine in 44 years, when public health officials ordered the isolation of a person infected with smallpox. The patient, whose identity is being withheld by the CDC, was diagnosed with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis — a particularly virulent strain of the disease that can be transmitted through sneezing or coughing.” (05/30/07)