Man Jailed for Not Taking TB Medication

A man was jailed for failing to take his tuberculosis medication after officials said he was a serious health risk.

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Former Ariz. TB Patient Leaves Country

A man with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis who had been confined to a hospital jail unit for nearly a year has left the country, his attorney said.

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Man With Drug-Resistant TB Locked Up

Behind the county hospital's tall cinderblock walls, a 27-year-old tuberculosis patient sits in a jail cell equipped with a ventilation system that keeps germs from escaping. Robert Daniels has been locked up indefinitely, perhaps for the rest of his life, since last July. But he has not been charged with a crime. Instead, he suffers from an extensively drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis, or XDR-TB. It is considered virtually untreatable.

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The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida today filed a friend-of-the-court brief opposing the state's decision to force a pregnant woman to remain hospitalized against her will.

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Excerpt: The Missouri Senate is considering a bill to ban seclusion rooms in schools. State Sen. Scott Rupp, R-2nd District, on Tuesday introduced a bill that would prohibit schools from confining students in a locked box, closet or specially designed room.

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Prison Survival

How To Survive In A Men's Prison

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Consider Mr. Chadwick's case. In 1994, during divorce proceedings, a Delaware County judge held Mr. Chadwick in civil contempt for failing to put $2.5 million in a court-controlled account.

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One of the persistent problems of industrial agriculture is the inappropriate use of antibiotics. It's one thing to give antibiotics to individual animals, case by case, the way we treat humans.

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