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Old laws used to detain TB patients in battle against new strain
Health officials in Boston New York and Los Angeles invoke 1950s and earlier public health powers to detain TB patients amid a virulent strain feared to resist prior treatments. Detentions cited as last resort while rights groups warn of civil liberties violations.
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Boston
John Brickley
American Lung Association
Massachusetts
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
New York City
Los Angeles
Marie Turner
Lemuel Shattuck
Lawrence Gostin
American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
United States
Edward Nardell
Tuberculosis Control Division
State Department of Public Health
New York
Mark Barnes
City Health Department
Shatluck
Health Department
Joseph Cohen
Gostin
John Roberts
The
American Civil Liberties Union