meloneyb21
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ―
The Centers for Disease Control said a passenger with tuberculosis has been detained after boarding a flight from Philadelphia to San Francisco despite being on a "do-not-board" list.
CDC officials said the passenger was detained and taken to a local hospital after a U.S. Airways flight arrived in San Francisco Saturday night.
The unidentified male passenger was apparently placed on a do-not-board list submitted to the TSA and CDC on January 8, 2010.
Investigators are trying to determine how the noticeably ill man made it through security checkpoints and onto the flight.
CDC officials said the risk to other passengers aboard the plane was low, as the flight was less than eight hours.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially deadly infectious disease that typically affects the lung, but can attack the rest of the body. It was once the leading cause of death in the U.S.
Symptoms include a cough, sometimes with blood, that lasts more than three weeks, chest pains, chills and fever.
http://cbs3.com/topstories/tuberculosis.flight.cdc.2.1420810.html
PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ―
The Centers for Disease Control said a passenger with tuberculosis has been detained after boarding a flight from Philadelphia to San Francisco despite being on a "do-not-board" list.
CDC officials said the passenger was detained and taken to a local hospital after a U.S. Airways flight arrived in San Francisco Saturday night.
The unidentified male passenger was apparently placed on a do-not-board list submitted to the TSA and CDC on January 8, 2010.
Investigators are trying to determine how the noticeably ill man made it through security checkpoints and onto the flight.
CDC officials said the risk to other passengers aboard the plane was low, as the flight was less than eight hours.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially deadly infectious disease that typically affects the lung, but can attack the rest of the body. It was once the leading cause of death in the U.S.
Symptoms include a cough, sometimes with blood, that lasts more than three weeks, chest pains, chills and fever.
http://cbs3.com/topstories/tuberculosis.flight.cdc.2.1420810.html
I have to fly next week...out of BWI instead of PHL but Amtrak is starting to look good again. Hopefully no one gets ill.
