TB seen in many aliens, study says

Washington Times ^ | Wednesday, June 8, 2005 | By Jennifer Harper

[JohnHuang2]

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A multidrug-resistant tuberculosis known as MDR-TB is persistent in California, primarily among its "foreign-born" population, and has serious financial implications for the state's public-health system, federal and state health officials said yesterday. "Treatment for MDR-TB is very expensive -- ranging from $200,000 to $1.2 million per person, over an 18- to 24-month time period," said Dr. Reuben Granich, a lead investigator for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a press conference in the District yesterday. Dr. Granich's findings were published yesterday in tomorrow's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in an article co-written with California health officials. The article studied 38,291 reported tuberculosis cases in California from 1994 to 2003. Of those, 407 were classified as drug-resistant and were found mostly in patients from Mexico or the Philippines, Dr. Granich said.

[LibertarianInExile]

E.T.T.B.? AIGGH!

[The Red Zone]

"Treatment for MDR-TB is very expensive -- ranging from $200,000 to $1.2 million per person, over an 18- to 24-month time period,"

Makes a heart transplant look like chump change. How easy is it for one of these to give it to an American? It would bankrupt 99% of Americans. Economic terrorism, and nobody has to plan it.

[Robert_Paulson2]

kinda blows out the 1 million dollar lifetime allowance on most insurance policies eh?

thank god for hillary-newt care.

[The Red Zone]

Even with that a wad of these start hitting private insurers (self insured employers) we will see such a screaming to Congress as history has yet to behold. And the next president of the USA will be Howard Dean.

[AIC]

Now is the time for those that are infected with TB from illegals or not to sue the U.S. Gov. for helping spread the disease. (Reason) For not maintaining a safe immigration into this country when given the tools to do so, failure to perform their jobs as outlined in the Constitution of the U.S.

[backhoe]

Crosslinked:

For "Thunder on the Border," click this picture:

[not_apathetic_anymore]

Wasn't there a time when our borders were controlled and immigrants who were sick were not let in? I thought Ellis Island etc did some health screening.

Is it really so difficult to think that was the wrong policy? Must be. WE seem to have come far from that philosophy.

[gubamyster]

ping

[TheLion]

Bump!

[JZelle]

bttt

[Yaelle]

[blackie]

Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!

Be Ever Vigilant!

Minutemen Patriots ~ Bump!

[NewRomeTacitus]

And the primary retransmitters will be our children forced to share public schools with illegals.

Ahh-chooo!

[Serenissima Venezia]

Wasn't there a time when our borders were controlled and immigrants who were sick were not let in? I thought Ellis Island etc did some health screening.

Exactly. Ellis Island quarantined any immigrants that were sick and separated those that could be cured with those that couldn't. The ones that couldn't be cured were returned to their home country.

But that was the good 'ol days when the government actually cared about its citizens' health.

[neverdem]

JH2, thanks for posting!

Here's JAMA with at least three free articles on TB, whooping cough vaccine for pertussis and registration of public, clinical trials.

Zero to 76,000 mph in a Second

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[STD]

Do any of you ping list healthcare group members remember an article about medical board certification test answers sold openly on e-Bay by a surgeon from Florida?Regards,

DrMike

[neverdem]

B.C. didn't you post a story about a Surgery Board test whose questions were compromised and offered for sale?

[STD]

That's the story I'm talking about!

[Born Conservative]

Here it is:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1413611/posts