CRS Report on XDR TB, Quarantine, and Isolation

This recently released Congressional Research Service report, "Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB): Quarantine and Isolation," contains everything you've always wanted to know about federal quarantine and isolation powers, including a reminder that the terms "quarantine" and "isolation" are not interchangeable.  "Quarantine" refers to the practice of separating individuals who have been exposed to an infectious disease, but who are not yet ill, from individuals who have not been exposed to the disease.  "Isolation" refers to the practice of separating a confirmed infectious person from individuals who aren't infected. 

CRS reports are available on a wide range of domestic and international legal issues, and they can be extremely helpful to legal researchers.  For more about these tools, see our earlier post on the topic.