http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/04/08/blaze_damages_former_hospital/
“Blaze damages former hospital
Buildings were being repaired
The former state facility is being converted into apartment buildings and condos . Officials will investigate the cause of the blaze.”
(MARK WILSON/GLOBE STAFF)
By Allison Mudge, Globe Correspondent | April 8, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Investigators are waiting for the area to cool and probably will have to wait until tomorrow to begin probing the fire’s cause, Sacco said.”
A few more details UPDATE:
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=106&sid=1107141
“New TB Strain in South Africa a Concern”
Apr 7th - 9:14pm
By CELEAN JACOBSON Associated Press Writer
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - The extent of the deadly new strain of tuberculosis in South Africa and the region is not known and is cause for concern, an international health expert said Wednesday.
Dr Fabio Scano, a TB expert from the World Health Organization in Geneva, has been sent to South Africa at the request of the government to assist with the outbreak of the extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis strain, or XDR-TB.
“We don’t know the extent of multiple drug resistant and extreme drug resistant TB in sub-Saharan Africa and the southern African region. There is not yet the capacity to test in these countries,” Scano said at a news conference.
South Africa has reported 352 cases of the virulent strain since it was discovered last year in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province. There have been 221 deaths and concerns have been raised about the strain spreading across the region.
Scano said an epidemiological investigation was under way to determine the full extent of the disease.”