>>Such a sad and dangerous situation.
An alarming number of aliens in California are infected with a multidrug-resistant form of tuberculosis – and treating them could deliver a serious financial blow to the state's public health system.
Treatment for the tuberculosis known as MDR-TB is "very expensive, ranging from $200,000 to $1.2 million per person over an 18-to-24-month time period," Dr. Reuben Granich, a lead investigator for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a June 7 press conference.
Dr. Granich studied 38,291 reported cases of tuberculosis in California from 1994 to 2003, and found that 407 were classified as drug-resistant – mostly in patients from Mexico or the Philippines....