For what is believed to be only the eighth time in more than a decade, Public Health – Seattle & King County has taken the rare step of seeking a court order to detain a potentially contagious patient who resisted treatment for tuberculosis. On October 23, King County Superior Court issued an order for electronic home […]
What do Eleanor Roosevelt, the Bronte sisters, Franz Kafka, D. H. Lawrence, and Nelson Mandela have in common? How about Mimì, the heroine of Puccini’s opera La Bohème, Satine from Moulin Rouge, and Fantine from Les Mis? They and countless millions others reputedly suffered from tuberculosis, or TB. Typically, but not always a pulmonary illness, […]
