Oct 26th, 2007 · Bret Anthony Johnston says that although he's not particularly religious, Jim Crace's version of the Christ-in-the-desert tale "always leaves me in a state of rapture, as if I'd received a revelation of my own."
May 30th, 2007 · A man with a rare, drug-resistant form of tuberculosis is under a federal quarantine order after returning from a trip in Europe. Authorities say he might have exposed passengers and crew aboard two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month.
May 30th, 2007 · The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have quarantined an airline passenger with a drug resistant form of tuberculosis. The CDC says the risk is low that other travelers became infected, but is telling passengers to get checked.
May 29th, 2007 · The CDC has placed a Georgia man with a rare and exceptionally dangerous form of tuberculosis under quarantine, the first time a quarantine order has been issued in the United States since 1963. Authorities say the man may have exposed passengers and crew aboard two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month. Robert Siegel talks with CDC Director Julie Gerberding.
Apr 2nd, 2007 · Robert Daniels is being held in a detention ward at an Arizona hospital because he is infected with a deadly strain of tuberculosis. Daniels refused to comply with voluntary quarantine rules.
Nov 7th, 2006 · Somewhere in undisclosed locations in New York and Washington, D.C., representatives from the major news organizations pour over data from exit polls around the country. The representatives have willingly quarantined themselves to prevent unwanted infiltration. Bloggers Arianna Huffington and Ken Layne weigh in on the Election Day exit poll lock down.
Oct 26th, 2006 · Washington authorities preparing for the next flu pandemic acknowledge that the best tools for protecting Americans are the same ones used in the pandemic of 1918, including home quarantines, school closures and cancellation of public events.
May 24th, 2006 · Quarantines meant to halt the spread of bird flu in Bucharest have been scaled back, but some neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city are still under lockdown. On Monday, city officials quarantined thousands of residents in response to growing numbers of bird-flu reports centered about 100 miles north of the capital. Melissa Block talks with Radu Tudor of Romania's Jurnalul National newspaper.