TB quarantines common at local level
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070603/ap_on_re_us/tuberculosis_infection_quarantine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070601/capt.8169bfe904bf4e29827105cf559d1dce.tuberculosis_infection_ny125.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=rmRI15VLujXNpcc2HKBOAQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this image made from television and released by ABC News, Andrew Speaker, right and his wife Sarah are interviewed at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, Colo on 'Good Morning America' aired Friday June 1, 2007. Speaker, 31, an Atlanta attorney quarantined with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis apologized to his fellow plane passengers and said he was told he wasn't contagious or a threat to anyone. (AP Photo/ABC News) MANDATORY CREDIT. WATERMARK MAY NOT BE REMOVED OR ALTERED IN ANY WAY." border="0" /></a>AP - While the federal government rarely imposes quarantines — issuing its first in more than four decades last week — cities and states routinely isolate TB patients to prevent them from infecting others.</p><br clear="all"/>

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