http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Mastodons Posts tagged with 'Mastodons' at MetaFilter. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:37:51 -0800 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:37:51 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/60034/Drugresistant%2Dtuberculosis <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17915965/wid/11915773?GT1=9303">Drug-resistant TB strain raises ethical dilemma.</a> A man in Arizona who has a virtually untreatable strain of <a href=http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/XDRTB/default.htm>extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis</a> <a href=http://www.who.int/tb/xdr/en/index.html>(XDR TB)</a> has been <a href=http://www.reason.com/blog/show/119467.html>locked up indefinitely</a> because he failed to take precautions to avoid infecting others, even though he has not commited a crime. The new strain of TB is described as a <a href=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1863850,00.html>nightmare</a> by health officials, and though mainly found in Africa and Asia, it is slowly beginning to <a href=http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060922_ap_TB_rise.html>spread in the U.S.</a> <small>[Via <a href=http://www.technoccult.com/>Technoccult</a>.]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.60034 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:37:51 -0800 CivilLiberties Disease Drugs Health Law Lunger Mastodons Quarantine Tuberculosis XDRTB homunculus