Lakeland Industries, Inc. (LAKE)

[BottomBounce]

India’s surgical mask makers scramble to meet Asian demand surge amid coronavirus outbreak
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3051584/indias-surgical-mask-makers-scramble-meet-asian-demand-surge $APT $LAKE

[BottomBounce]

Coronavirus: China announces drop in new cases for third straight day
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51519055 $LAKE

[starbuxsux]

yes they do

[BottomBounce]

$LAKE timmmber $5.00 coming

[FooBarAndGrill]

Face mask will capture aerosol spray from sneezing/cough. The demand is far outpacing the supply. I just checked Amazon: SOLD OUT.

[BottomBounce]

$lake Do face masks really protect against coronavirus? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-symptoms-do-face-masks-protect-how-to-prevent/

[dude iligence]

Where these companies fail is they don't have a visible logo on their suits and masks. All they need is one picture on the media and the pps will skyrocket.

[dude iligence]

We don't care how many are cured. How many died is what's important. As soon as the impeachment is over the media will hype Corona into crisis mode. So forget about the survivors we need to see lots more dead Chinese. During Ebola crisis I had strippers thinking they would need to wear some kind of latex condom body suit to keep from getting Ebola.

[BottomBounce]

$LAKE 38 infected coronavirus patients CURED in China https://rt.com/news/479148-coronavirus-patients-cured-china/

[FooBarAndGrill]

GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY
The World Health Organization announced Thursday that the outbreak of a deadly and fast-spreading strain of coronavirus constitutes a global health emergency.

[starbuxsux]

clearly not...I was hoping the corona virus would have already been baked in and I could have got a little bounce for my calls but oh well...

[FooBarAndGrill]

So 'starbuxsux' recommends SBUX as a buy?

[starbuxsux]

UPDATE: 5 reasons coronavirus fears are overblown -- and 14 stocks to buy now
6:13 AM ET 1/28/20 | MarketWatch


By Michael Brush, MarketWatch

'We don't expect these factors supporting investor confidence and consumer spending to change anytime soon'

Investor fears about the coronavirus are overblown.

So Monday's biggest one-day percentage declines since early October in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 index on coronavirus fears have created nice buying opportunities in 14 stocks with lots of exposure to China.

Before we get to those, here are five reasons why investors are panicking too much about coronavirus.

1. Past contagious disease breakouts have been contained

The big unknown here is how deadly and contagious coronavirus is. No one really knows, but medical experts at Johns Hopkins are downplaying the threat from 2019-nCoV, the name for the type of coronavirus grabbing headlines.

"The immediate health risk from 2019-nCoV to the general public in the United States is thought to be low at this time," says Gabor Kelen, a medical doctor and director of the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response.

Even if coronavirus turns out to be as contagious and deadly as really bad contagious diseases like Ebola, it will most likely be successfully curbed. The Ebola outbreak a few years ago was effectively kept in check, and so were the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2003-04, and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak early last decade.

"All three outbreaks were contained before they could have a significant impact on the global economy or financial markets around the world," says Ed Yardeni, of Yardeni Research. "We expect the same outcome with the current outbreak."

The good news is that health officials learned a lot about containing virus outbreaks from those three experiences.

"Health technology has advanced considerably," says Andrew Tilton, the chief Asia economist at Goldman Sachs. "Chinese authorities have already sequenced the virus and shared it with the global health community, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control have just developed a test for the virus."

Another positive is that public awareness seems to be much higher, because of the more rapid of cial response in China and the internet and social media, says Tilton. Local authorities in China reported SARS quickly in early January 2003. But up the chain of command, officials dragged their feet. The rst official press conference on SARS did not happen until Feb. 11.

Read:CDC officials say coronavirus is similar to SARS, no new U.S. cases reported (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cdc-officials-say-coronavirus-is-similar-to-sars-no-new-us-cases-reported-2020-01-27)

2. The lockdown affects a small part of China

But what about the lockdown? Even if coronavirus is contained, won't the lockdown have a big impact on China's economy? Probably not, at least as things stand now. The cities locked down are all near Wuhan (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mayor-of-wuhan-epicenter-of-coronavirus-outbreak-says-5-million-people-left-the-city-before-travel-restrictions-were-imposed-2020-01-26), in Hubei province, where coronavirus originated. So far, the lockdown affects only around 60 million people out of a population of 1.4 billion.

Likewise, Hubei province only produces about 4.7% of China's overall GDP, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of China.

Read:3 reasons coronavirus won't derail China's economy (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/three-reasons-coronavirus-wont-derail-chinas-economy-2020-01-27)

3. The breakout happened at an opportune time

China's economy was about to wind down anyway for the Chinese New Year celebration when the outbreak occured. So productivity was already scheduled to take a seasonal dip.

To the extent that the virus in China creates domestic fear and unrest, or hurts the economy, it weakens China's Premier Xi Jinping's hand in tariff negotiations with the U.S. This suggests and easier path toward progress, which would be a positive for business confidence and the U.S. stock market.

Of course, the bad news here is that a lot more people in China have travel plans around the New Year. This could make the virus spread more quickly.

4. The public typically tends to overreact to health threats

Whenever there's a new virus outbreak, people are egged on by the media echo chamber, which latches on to the story and repeats it ad nauseum, drilling fear and concern into the minds of investors and the general public alike. The same thing happens on social media, where rumors can spread unchecked.

This amplifies the perception of risk, but not the risk itself. At some point and perhaps soon, the media and Twitter will move on to the next story of the day, and coronavirus fears will ease.

The echo chamber impact was compounded by the following problem: Investor sentiment was extremely high going into this (both the Dow and the S&P set the latest in a string of records on Jan. 17), which made the market more vulnerable to "bad news" and negative headlines. Overconfident investors are convinced that nothing can go wrong. So when something negative crops up, they're surprised and they feel betrayed, which escalates their selling.

Part of the exaggerated reaction to coronavirus is linked to the fact that it is new, and emanating from a foreign country. The fears about it seem irrational, if you consider the following contrasts. So far, coronavirus has claimed fewer than 100 lives. SARS, which also sparked widespread panic and investor selling, claimed hundreds of lives, and fewer than 10,000 cases were reported.

In contrast, other flu viruses in circulation in the U.S. last year took over 34,000 lives, and they are taking a similar toll this year. Yet unlike coronavirus and SARS, these flu viruses have had zero impact on the stock market. This suggests the current hysteria developing about coronavirus is irrational.

Read:As fifth coronavirus case is confirmed in the U.S. -- this is how the illness has spread across the world so rapidly (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-the-mysterious-coronavirus-from-china-has-spread-so-quickly-2020-01-21)

5. Any economic impact will be short lived

Coronavirus fears could hit travel globally, and produce a decline in consumer spending in Asia and the U.S. But the effect tends to wear off pretty fast. "These retrenchments in spending are short-lived as consumers eventually get frugal fatigue," says Jay Bryson, acting chief economist at Wells Fargo Securities.

One fear is that there could be enough of a pullback in consumer spending and travel to hit economic growth. But again, the effect will probably be limited. "The negative impact on growth and asset prices from viral outbreaks typically normalizes within a few months," says Tilton at Goldman Sachs.

"The outbreak of the coronavirus could drive large swings in Mainland China and emerging Asia growth in the first half but a much smaller impact on full-year growth, if the SARS episode is any guide," says JP Morgan economist Bruce Kasman.

Several recent developments will continue support the economy and the stock market, says Baird chief investment strategist Bruce Bittles. He cites recent progress on U.S.-China trade talks, an accommodative Federal Reserve, low interest rates, and muted inflation. "We don't expect these factors supporting investor confidence and consumer spending to change anytime soon," he says.

Read:Economic hit from coronavirus likely to be short lived, but it's still 'a little scary, frankly' (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/economic-hit-from-coronavirus-likely-to-be-short-lived-but-its-still-a-little-scary-frankly-2020-01-27)

What stocks to buy

All of this suggest stocks hit particularly hard because they have exposure to China look like buys here.

Take Royal Caribbean Cruises(RCL), for example.

"If history is any guide, the weakness in Royal's stock could present a compelling buying opportunity as consumers have been fairly quick to shrug off illness outbreaks in recent years," says William Blair analyst Sharon Zackfia. The cruise industry actually did better after the SARS outbreak and "more recent outbreaks such as Zika or Ebola have had no discernible impact on cruise demand," she says.

Also consider U.S. companies getting hit hard in the past few days because of China exposure. They include: Starbucks (SBUX), Walt Disney (DIS), Nike (NKE), Estée Lauder (EL), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Marriott International (MAR), Hyatt Hotels (H), Yum China Holdings (YUMC), IMAX (IMAX), PVH (PVH), Tapestry (TPR), and GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG)

Read:These U.S. stocks are down the most as the coronavirus spreads (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/these-us-stocks-are-down-the-most-as-the-coronavirus-spreads-2020-01-27)

Of course, if there's a massive coronavirus outbreak in China, all bets are off, but that's not my base case. To track the progress, see this map from Johns Hopkins (https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6).

Now read:Your 6-point plan to navigating a choppy stock market (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/your-6-point-plan-to-navigating-a-choppy-stock-market-2020-01-27)

At the time of publication, Michael Brush had no positions in any stocks mentioned in this column. During the past 10 years, Brush has suggested RCL, SBUX, WYNN, DIS, MAR and H in his stock newsletter Brush Up on Stocks (http://www.uponstocks.com/).

-Michael Brush; 415-439-6400; [e-mail]

> Dow Jones Newswires

January 28, 2020 06:13 ET (11:13 GMT)

Copyright (c) 2020 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

[Longshot30]

Only gonna get better

[FooBarAndGrill]

Just bought in. I should have remembered this play from 2014.

[ClayTrader]

* * $LAKE Video Chart 01-21-2020 * *

Link to Video - click here to watch the technical chart video

[starbuxsux]

China virus scare and a dead board? Lakeland Industries Up Over 17%, on Pace for Largest Percent Increase Since November 2014 -- Data Talk
11:53 AM ET 1/21/20 | Dow Jones


Lakeland Industries, Inc. (LAKE) is currently at $12.86, up $1.90 or 17.27%

-- Would be highest close since May 14, 2019, when it closed at $12.91

-- On pace for largest percent increase since Nov. 25, 2014, when it rose 36.65%

-- Currently up five of the past six days

-- Up 19.12% year-to-date

-- Down 55.64% from its all-time closing high of $29.00 on Oct. 13, 2014

-- Up 14.05% from 52 weeks ago (Jan. 22, 2019), when it closed at $11.28

-- Down 0.35% from its 52 week closing high of $12.91 on May 14, 2019

-- Up 28.91% from its 52 week closing low of $9.98 on July 22, 2019

-- Traded as high as $13.25; highest intraday level since Dec. 4, 2018, when it hit $13.62

-- Up 20.78% at today's intraday high; largest intraday percent increase since Nov. 25, 2014, when it rose as much as 37.36%

All data as of 11:48:18 AM

Source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

> Dow Jones Newswires

January 21, 2020 11:53 ET (16:53 GMT)

Copyright (c) 2020 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

[John-Knee]

Ebola kills 3 in DRC, WHO says; scores more linked to deaths

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN
Updated 6:07 PM ET, Sun May 14, 2017

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/14/health/ebola-outbreak-congo-drc/

[ValueInvestor15]

Fundamentals imply Lakeland Industries $LAKE is 15% undervalued:

Analysis

[Mr Fox]

New facility opened in Texas.

Lakeland will be able to quickly provide products and support to the Oil and Gas and Petro-Chemical markets that heavily rely on Lakeland Industries for the Disposable, Chemical and Flame Resistant garments needed to ensure their employees safety.

Bullish

[Mr Fox]

A big buying opportunity at $ 12. Great looking 3 year chart. Management is executing well. Holding this company for the long time.

[stocktrademan]

$LAKE recent news/filings

bullish 14.67

## source: finance.yahoo.com

Tue, 15 Dec 2015 12:07:02 GMT ~ Q3 2016 Lakeland Industries Inc Earnings Release - After Market Close


read full: http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/20151215.html?t=lake
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Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:40:00 GMT ~ Traders Look to Upside - Comprehensive Research on 8x8 Inc., Lakeland Industries, Karyopharm Therapeutics and TETRA Technologies

[Accesswire] - NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / December 11, 2015 / Moments ago, Trader's Choice released new research updates concerning several important developing situations including the following equities: 8x8 Inc. ...

read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/traders-look-upside-comprehensive-research-124000784.html
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Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:02:00 GMT ~ Lakeland Industries to Report Fiscal 2016 Third Quarter Financial Results and Conduct Conference Call

[PR Newswire] - RONKONKOMA, N.Y., Dec. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAKE), a leading global manufacturer of protective clothing for industry, healthcare and to first responders on the federal, ...

read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/lakeland-industries-report-fiscal-2016-200200866.html
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Tue, 08 Dec 2015 18:15:48 GMT ~ LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC Financials


read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=lake
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Mon, 07 Dec 2015 22:25:03 GMT ~ LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financia


read full: http://biz.yahoo.com/e/151207/lake8-k.html
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$LAKE company information

## source: otcmarkets.com

Link: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LAKE/company-info
Ticker: $LAKE
OTC Market Place: Not Available
CIK code: 0000798081
Company name: Lakeland Industries, Inc.
Company website: http://www.lakeland.com
Incorporated In: DE, USA

$LAKE share structure

## source: otcmarkets.com

Market Value: $101,996,495 a/o Dec 14, 2015
Shares Outstanding: 7,233,794 a/o Sep 16, 2015
Float: Not Available
Authorized Shares: Not Available
Par Value: 0.01

$LAKE extra dd links

Company name: Lakeland Industries, Inc.
Company website: http://www.lakeland.com

## STOCK DETAILS ##
After Hours Quote (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/after-hours
Option Chain (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/option-chain
Historical Prices (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=LAKE+Historical+Prices
Company Profile (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=LAKE+Profile
Industry (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/in?s=LAKE+Industry

## COMPANY NEWS ##
Market Stream (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/stream
Latest news (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LAKE/news - http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=LAKE+Headlines

## STOCK ANALYSIS ##
Analyst Research (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/analyst-research
Guru Analysis (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/guru-analysis
Stock Report (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/stock-report
Competitors (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/competitors
Stock Consultant (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/stock-consultant
Stock Comparison (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/stock-comparison
Investopedia (investopedia.com): http://www.investopedia.com/markets/stocks/LAKE/?wa=0
Research Reports (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LAKE/research
Basic Tech. Analysis (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=LAKE+Basic+Tech.+Analysis
Barchart (barchart.com): http://www.barchart.com/quotes/stocks/LAKE
DTCC (dtcc.com): http://search2.dtcc.com/?q=Lakeland+Industries%2C+Inc.&x=10&y=8&sp_p=all&sp_f=ISO-8859-1
Spoke company information (spoke.com): http://www.spoke.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Lakeland+Industries%2C+Inc.
Corporation WIKI (corporationwiki.com): http://www.corporationwiki.com/search/results?term=Lakeland+Industries%2C+Inc.&x=0&y=0
WHOIS (domaintools.com): http://whois.domaintools.com/http://www.lakeland.com
Alexa (alexa.com): http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http://www.lakeland.com#
Corporate website internet archive (archive.org): http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.lakeland.com

## FUNDAMENTALS ##
Call Transcripts (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/call-transcripts
Annual Report (companyspotlight.com): http://www.companyspotlight.com/library/companies/keyword/LAKE
Income Statement (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/financials?query=income-statement
Revenue/EPS (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/revenue-eps
SEC Filings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/sec-filings
Edgar filings (sec.gov): http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000798081&owner=exclude&count=40
Latest filings (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LAKE/filings
Latest financials (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LAKE/financials
Short Interest (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/short-interest
Dividend History (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/dividend-history
RegSho (regsho.com): http://www.regsho.com/tools/symbol_stats.php?sym=LAKE&search=search
OTC Short Report (otcshortreport.com): http://otcshortreport.com/index.php?index=LAKE
Short Sales (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LAKE/short-sales
Key Statistics (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=LAKE+Key+Statistics
Insider Roster (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ir?s=LAKE+Insider+Roster
Income Statement (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=LAKE
Balance Sheet (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=LAKE
Cash Flow (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=LAKE+Cash+Flow&annual

## HOLDINGS ##
Major holdings (cnbc.com): http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/LAKE/tab/8.1
Insider transactions (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=LAKE+Insider+Transactions
Insider transactions (secform4.com): http://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/LAKE.htm
Insider transactions (insidercrow.com): http://www.insidercow.com/history/company.jsp?company=LAKE
Ownership Summary (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/ownership-summary
Institutional Holdings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/institutional-holdings
Insiders (SEC Form 4) (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/insider-trades
Insider Disclosure (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LAKE/insider-transactions

## SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER VARIOUS SOURCES ##
PST (pennystocktweets.com): http://www.pennystocktweets.com/stocks/profile/LAKE
Market Watch (marketwatch.com): http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/LAKE
Bloomberg (bloomberg.com): http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/LAKE:US
Morningstar (morningstar.com): http://quotes.morningstar.com/stock/s?t=LAKE
Bussinessweek (businessweek.com): http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=LAKE



$LAKE DD Notes ~ http://www.ddnotesmaker.com/LAKE

[starbuxsux]

Baked in IMO

[Mr Fox]

Expected earnings date 12/9/15

[Mr Fox]

Ebola is back in Liberia

[Mr Fox]

Lakeland Industries Inc. (LAKE) 15.18 +1.59(+11.70%) NASDAQ

[Mr Fox]

2 Articles on SA:

http://seekingalpha.com/author/envoy-global/instablog

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3539256-significant-downside-as-lakeland-industries-up-70-percent-in-2-weeks-on-a-small-one-time-event

[magness]

$LAKE $16 good to short and $6 good to cover

[stocktrademan]

$LAKE recent news/filings

bullish
long term



http://www.lakeland.com/financial_information/?___store=lakeland


## source: finance.yahoo.com

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:06:00 GMT ~ Lakeland Industries to Report Fiscal 2016 Second Quarter Financial Results and Conduct Conference Call

[PR Newswire] - RONKONKOMA, N.Y., Sept. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAKE), a leading global manufacturer of protective clothing for industry, healthcare and to first responders on the federal, ...

read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/lakeland-industries-report-fiscal-2016-210600010.html
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Mon, 31 Aug 2015 20:07:22 GMT ~ LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Financial Statements and Exhib


read full: http://biz.yahoo.com/e/150831/lake8-k.html
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Thu, 06 Aug 2015 20:04:49 GMT ~ LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC Files SEC form 8-K, Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets, Financial Statements


read full: http://biz.yahoo.com/e/150806/lake8-k.html
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Thu, 06 Aug 2015 20:01:00 GMT ~ Lakeland Industries Announces Conditional Closing of Agreement to Exit From Brazil

[PR Newswire] - RONKONKOMA, N.Y., Aug. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Lakeland Industries, Inc. (LAKE), a leading global manufacturer of industrial protective clothing for industry, municipalities, healthcare and to first responders on the federal, state and local levels, today announced that on July 31, 2015 it completed a conditional closing of the sale of its wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary ("Lakeland Brazil") to a company owned by a current manager of the subsidiary. This sale is pursuant to a shares transfer agreement previously signed on June 19, 2015 which set out the details to finalize the Company's exit from Brazil. The sale, which shall be deemed to have been consummated as of July 31, 2015, is subject to acceptance of the shares transfer on the Commercial Registry by the Brazilian authorities, which is expected to be completed within approximately the next thirty days. Although no assurances can be given in that regard, the Company expects Commercial Registry processing of the shares transfer will not adversely affect the closing.

read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/lakeland-industries-announces-conditional-closing-200100878.html
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Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:05:50 GMT ~ Positive Developments Around Ebola


read full: http://247wallst.com/healthcare-business/2015/08/03/positive-developments-around-ebola/
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$LAKE charts

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$LAKE company information

## source: otcmarkets.com

Link: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LAKE/company-info
Ticker: $LAKE
OTC Market Place: Not Available
CIK code: 0000798081
Company name: Lakeland Industries, Inc.
Company website: http://www.lakeland.com
Incorporated In: DE, USA


$LAKE share structure

## source: otcmarkets.com

Market Value: $71,872,921 a/o Sep 11, 2015
Shares Outstanding: 7,081,076 a/o Jun 12, 2015
Float: Not Available
Authorized Shares: Not Available
Par Value: 0.01

$LAKE extra dd links

Company name: Lakeland Industries, Inc.
Company website: http://www.lakeland.com

## STOCK DETAILS ##
After Hours Quote (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/after-hours
Option Chain (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/option-chain
Historical Prices (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=LAKE+Historical+Prices
Company Profile (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=LAKE+Profile
Industry (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/in?s=LAKE+Industry

## COMPANY NEWS ##
Market Stream (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/stream
Latest news (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LAKE/news - http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=LAKE+Headlines

## STOCK ANALYSIS ##
Analyst Research (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/analyst-research
Guru Analysis (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/guru-analysis
Stock Report (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/stock-report
Competitors (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/competitors
Stock Consultant (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/stock-consultant
Stock Comparison (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LAKE/stock-comparison
Investopedia (investopedia.com): http://www.investopedia.com/markets/stocks/LAKE/?wa=0
Research Reports (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LAKE/research
Basic Tech. Analysis (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=LAKE+Basic+Tech.+Analysis
Barchart (barchart.com): http://www.barchart.com/quotes/stocks/LAKE
DTCC (dtcc.com): http://search2.dtcc.com/?q=Lakeland+Industries%2C+Inc.&x=10&y=8&sp_p=all&sp_f=ISO-8859-1
Spoke company information (spoke.com): http://www.spoke.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Lakeland+Industries%2C+Inc.
Corporation WIKI (corporationwiki.com): http://www.corporationwiki.com/search/results?term=Lakeland+Industries%2C+Inc.&x=0&y=0
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The CDC lied through their teeth.
The CDC went on record as saying that the risk fellow passengers had of getting infected by this XDR TB positive woman while she was on the plane from India was "low" and I do not trust the CDC for saying what common sense tells me is simply not true. She was being treated for TB in India when she got on the plane for the UAE and then the USA. I found a Dr. Sehgal referring to an FAA study that contradicts the CDC's idiocy, and calling out the CDC on the basis of that study....2cnd to last Dr's comment
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Patient With XDR TB Sets Off Contacts Hunt

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Dr. Ghulam Mustafa 13 hours ago
It's better to evaluate at airport fromwhere starting journey. As being global issue every country must participate.

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Noriel Mariano 21 hours ago
I think TB screening on immigrants as well as tourists aren't consistently enforced and may vary even in high risk countries like India, China etc. If everyone were to get an X-ray, physical exam and certified by a physician from a U.S. sanctioned or accredited hospital, we would greatly reduce these cases. This patient had documented history! I don't understand why we don't have a mechanism in place.

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Dr. ann Carroll 3 days ago
In the 1980's NYC suffered an outbreak of MDR-TB, and Dr. Paula Fujiwara (Univ. of Calif. San Francisco) required 2 billion $ (B!) to snuff it out. Her monograph described even that early XDR-TB existed, and all such.identifiable patients were sequestrated/isolated until proven cured.

At that time, NYC's Chief TB Officer was Dr. Fujiwara - who extinguished that outbreak in record time, silently. I saw no reference to it in either medical or lay publications.



Her Monograph is short, pointed, blunt in defining what measures were essential to New York City's victory. Strongly recommend you physician Sherlock Holmes chase down a copy. Her data and observations are memorable.


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ysel altamira 3 days ago
Medical screening is required to have an immigrant visa, U.S. Embassies around the world should require people to have PPD/X-ray before a visit visa could be issued especially to vulnerable countries like India.

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Dr. nimmie sehgal 4 days ago
I disagree with CDC that risk is low for getting the contagious disease in airplane Respiratory illnesses. Spread fast in a closed vessel shown by a FAA study.

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Dr. John Gawlik 4 days ago
I think a person should be medically screened before being allowed over here.

The airlines should do this as these people are travelling on their planes.

Whatever happened to good, old-fashioned medical history-taking?

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Worst US bird flu outbreak in history expands to Michigan

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Michigan on Monday said Canadian geese in the state tested positive for a lethal strain of bird flu, bringing the worst outbreak of the disease in U.S. history to a 21st state.

Three young geese collected in Sterling Heights, Michigan, about 20 miles (30 km) north of Detroit, were infected with the highly pathogenic H5N2 flu strain, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The state is now focusing on preventing the spread of the disease to poultry, Director Keith Creagh said.

Nationwide, more than 46 million chickens and turkeys have been killed by the disease or culled to prevent its spread. Most are in Iowa, the top U.S. egg-producing state, and Minnesota, the nation's top turkey-producing state.

Michigan is the 21st state to confirm a case of bird flu since late 2014 and the sixth to detect it only in wild or free-ranging bids, according to the department. Fifteen states have found the virus in poultry flocks.

The discovery of the disease in Michigan was "not unexpected given avian influenza has been found in a number of our neighboring states and Ontario,” said Jamie Clover Adams, director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Wild birds are thought to be carriers of the virus, which also can be tracked onto poultry farms by people or trucks that come into contact with contaminated feces. It may also be carried into poultry barns by wind blowing in contaminated dirt or dust.

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Bird Flu Mutating in China, Threatens Pandemic

The H7N9 bird flu virus is being passed around from flock to flock of chickens and ducks, is mutating, and is now a bigger threat than ever to humanity, researchers reported Wednesday.

The virus, which was first reported in people just two years ago, has settled into southeastern China, Guan Yi of the University of Hong Kong and colleagues reported. Unless drastic measures are taken to eradicate it, the virus will continue to mutate, they warn in a report published in the journal Nature.

"H7N9 viruses have spread from eastern to southern China and become persistent in chickens," they wrote.

It's also swapping genes with other types of flu viruses, giving rise to new strains. Any one of them could start a pandemic in time, they said.

"Unless effective control measures are in place ... it is reasonable to expect the H7N9 and other viruses to persist."
"This expansion of the genetic diversity of influenza viruses in China means that unless effective control measures are in place, such as permanent closure of live poultry markets, central slaughtering and preventing inter-regional poultry transportation during disease outbreaks, and backed by systematic surveillance, it is reasonable to expect the H7N9 and other viruses to persist and cause a substantial number of severe human infections," they wrote.

They've found at least 48 different subtypes.

H7N9 avian influenza has infected 622 people since 2013 and killed 227 of them.

So far, it doesn't seem to infect people easily, and people who are infected do not seem to spread it to others much, if at all. But influenza viruses change quickly and unpredictably and if one starts passing easily from one person to another, it could spread.

The longer a strain is circulating, the more opportunity it has to infect people and mutate. The fact that this one is mutating and exchanging genetic material is worrying, Guan and colleagues said.

H5N1 was the first strain of bird flu to really worry experts, and it still is. It's infected 784 people in 16 countries since 2003, and killed 429 of them. It's also still circulating, mutating and swapping genes.

All flu viruses mutate easily, which is why a fresh strain of influenza pops up every few years. The last pandemic was caused by H1N1 swine flu in 2009. It wasn't an especially deadly pandemic.

But H7N9 and H5N1 both have very high death rates, and experts fear that if either one of them caused a pandemic, tens of millions of people would die.

H5N1 and H7N9 bird flu are still more adapted to birds than to people. They don't have the genetic mutations that make them infect people easily. But since they are so mutation prone, it could happen.

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CDC Reminds Doctors to Watch Out for MERS

Doctors, hospitals and emergency rooms need to keep a look out for MERS, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus, which is causing a fresh outbreak in South Korea right now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

Patients showing up with respiratory symptoms need to be questioned carefully about where they have traveled and who they have been in contact with, CDC says.

CDC issued a health alert about MERS, which has infected more than 1,200 people globally since it was first identified in 2012 and which has killed about 450 of them. That's an alarming death rate of 37 percent.

So far, all cases have been linked to the Arabian Peninsula, most of them to Saudi Arabia. And most are linked to hospitals. But the case of a man who traveled from the region to South Korea shows it doesn't take much for an outbreak to happen elsewhere.

More than 100 new infections in Korea have been linked to the traveler, including 9 deaths.

"CDC continues to recommend that healthcare providers and health departments throughout the U.S. be prepared to detect and manage cases of MERS," CDC said.

"Healthcare providers should continue to routinely ask their patients about their travel history and healthcare facility exposure and to consider a diagnosis of MERS infection in persons who meet the criteria for patient under investigation, which has been revised to include considerations of recently being in a Korean healthcare facility."

Criteria that should spark special attention include:

Fever and pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome and a history of travel to the Arabian peninsula or close contact with such a traveler
Fever and pneumonia or respiratory distress and a history of being in a healthcare facility in South Korea
Fever or symptoms of respiratory illness (such as shortness of breath) and close contact with a confirmed MERS case while the case was ill.
"Healthcare providers should adhere to recommended infection control measures, including standard, contact, and airborne precautions," CDC added.

"At this time, brief interactions, such as walking by a person, are considered low risk and do not constitute close contact," CDC added.

There have been two cases of MERS in the U.S. both in health care workers traveling from Saudi Arabia. Both got better and never infected anyone else.

[4horsemen]

XDR TB Patient Knew She Was Infected With TB And Contagious Before She Left India Where She Was Being Treated For TB....This is a video from NBC Nightly News June 9, 2015....www.hulu.com/watch/802602 that appropriately shows every one in the hospital setting using lots of protective and the story segues to the MERS Outbreak.
If the link does not work the story title at the NBC website is "Woman Knew She Had Tuberculosis Before Flying."

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47 million birds dead in Iowa ...that costs a lot of money
Bird Flu Spikes Egg Prices; Some Hit $3 A Dozen


(USA Today) DES MOINES — Egg prices have tripled at some supermarkets courtesy of the bird flu, but supplies continue to hold steady for the moment, grocers said.

Before bird flu pummeled the Midwest, a carton of 12 extra large eggs had been selling for 99 cents. Now those eggs are selling "in the $3 range," said Aaron Irlbeck, vice president of wholesale purchasing at Fareway Stores. The Boone, Iowa-based grocer has 110 stores in five states: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota.

"We haven't had trouble with supply because the high prices are keeping demand down," Irlbeck said.

That's true in many places around the country. With a carton of jumbo eggs at $3.29 last week, up 80 cents from May at Canino Produce in Houston, some consumers are putting eggs on the luxury list.

"That's one of the reasons why I'm not buying as many as I was," said shopper Kathy Hinkle of Houston.

The H5N2 virus has spread widely through Midwest farms since early spring, particularly in Iowa, resulting in nearly 47 million birds dead. Iowa is the nation's largest egg producer.

About 35 million of those birds were egg-laying hens.

Fareway gets its eggs from two main sources: Rose Acre Farms in Seymour, Ind., and Sparbo Farms in Litchfield, Minn. Both companies get eggs from Iowa farms.

"They have been great about getting us product," Irlbeck said.

Hy-Vee, which has 235 stores in eight states — Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin — said it has seen a few delays on larger-sized eggs, but no significant shortages.

"Looking ahead to the coming weeks, we're hopeful that we'll continue to receive our regular supply of eggs," the company said in a release. Hy-Vee's egg suppliers have asked the grocery chain and other retailers to stop running egg promotions, which Hy-Vee agreed to do.

Hy-Vee won't stockpile eggs to maintain supplies because of the product's shelf life, the company said. Egg prices started to inch up in April and supplies are expected to fluctuate over the next few years as the market recovers.

"I really started noticing the prices going up about two weeks ago," said Susan Walters of Prattville, Ala., who has been making cookies and cakes for graduation presents and parties. "With two teenage boys, and me being a baker, we use a lot of eggs."

Across the USA, regional wholesale prices, the cost to a warehouse, are 3 to 23 cents higher per dozen, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's egg market reportreleased Monday. Supply is moderate and demand is light.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics, which gathers retail egg prices as part of its market basket in compiling the Consumer Price Index, has released data only up to April when a dozen eggs averaged $2.07 in stores.

Ben Partridge, marketing coordinator for New Pioneer Food Co-op, which has three stores in Iowa, said bird flu has not affected the the cooperative's supply or prices though it's something stores are bracing for.

"We haven't necessarily seen anything change on our shelves for the consumer," Partridge said. However, the price for eggs in the co-op's offsite production kitchen has increased.

That's because the wholesale price of eggs sold in liquid form has more than doubled from 63 cents per dozen equivalent to more than $1.50. That can affect restaurants, bakeries and packaged goods that use eggs for sale in supermarkets.

The co-op stocks cage-free eggs from Cedar Ridge Farm in Elgin, Iowa; Farmer's Henhouse in Kalona, Iowa; and Marvin Hotz, a farmer near Iowa City, Iowa; along with a specialty product from Texas. The eggs sell between $2.99 and $3.99, which has remained unchanged in the wake of the bird flu, Partridge said.

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"Extremely Infectious"
Incubation Period Of Tuberculosis Health And Social Care Essay

Michael does not know exactly when he contracted tuberculosis, but he figures it must have been sometime during August 2007 in Bangkok. Before the beginning of his symptoms, he did not travel to any places that seemed especially prone to TB. He could have caught it anywhere, in a crowded disco, a bar, or even just sitting in a taxi with an infected driver. Tuberculosis is transmitted through the air when someone infected with TB coughs, sneezes, spits, laughs, or talks. By doing these things, they spread the TB germs in the air, and someone can catch them from breathing in the germs and exposing it to their lungs or mucous membrane.

The incubation period of tuberculosis is anywhere in-between two to twelve weeks. Therefore, the appearance of symptoms may not occur until months after the first exposure to the bacteria. There are many symptoms associated with tuberculosis, but they are not always a telltale sign of a disease as serious as this and are often mistaken for something much less severe. Some common symptoms of TB are a constant cough with mucus, coughing up blood, excessive night sweats, fatigue, fever, and unintentional weight loss. Some additional symptoms include difficulty breathing, chest pains, and wheezing. Michael's first sign that something was wrong was a case of the chills on a normal blistering hot day in the center of Bangkok. A few weeks later, he began to cough and feel a pain which he, at that time, thought was in his back. His condition rapidly became worse and worse, and two weeks after his cough first appeared, he went to visit a doctor at the leading international hospital in Bangkok. The doctor concluded it was just an infection and gave him some antibiotics. Of course, the antibiotics had no effect, and so he went back to see a lung specialist. The specialist concluded the same as the first doctor, but this time Michael insisted on an X-ray. The X-ray showed large clouded areas at the bottom of the lungs. Fluid around the lung, along with swollen or tender lymph nodes in the neck or other areas, and unusual breath sounds, are a few signs of tuberculosis. She told him that it was either lung cancer or tuberculosis, and she asked him to cough up some sputum, mucus like material from the lungs, so it could be analyzed. She also recommended him to get an HIV test because many people in Thailand have HIV before TB. Luckily, the HIV test came back negative, but that same day he was called back to the doctor's and officially told he had tuberculosis. A specialized hospital was to do a more in-depth analysis, but Michael was prescribed his treatment right away.

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As mentioned before, tuberculosis is highly infectious because of its ability to be transmitted through the air. The infectious period of this disease is hard to determine as a set amount of days or weeks or months. In theory, TB can be spread as long as the bacteria are actively being released from the infected person's sputum. However, the greatest chance of transmitting the infection is during the period before diagnosis. The risk of transmitting the infection is greatly reduced within days to two weeks after beginning treatment. This is why it is vitally important to get a quick diagnosis of TB and begin taking medication as soon as possible.

There are ways to prevent TB. The Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination is effective for reducing TB meningitis and death in children, but it is only used in countries with high risk for TB for it is only effective for a short period of time. In fact, Michael had received this vaccination when he was born in Denmark, but he was told after he was diagnosed it was no longer effective. PPD skin tests are available in high risk populations and for people exposed to TB, such as doctors and nurses. A positive skin test shows contact with the bacteria, and prompt treatment is vital to prevent the spread of the bacteria from people with active TB to those never infected.

All countries are required to report information about tuberculosis surveillance to the World Health Organization. This data is used to form procedures to control the global spread of the disease. A person infected with TB should be isolated at home or a hospital for 2-4 weeks till they are not contagious anymore. TB is usually treated by a standard six month course of the four drugs isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol. These medications must be taken as prescribed to prevent the bacteria from becoming resistant to the medications making it harder to treat. If the medications are not being taken correctly, patients may be sent to directly observed therapy where they are observed taking their medicine two to three times a week.

Michael's coughing rapidly decreased after being put on the medications, and his back/lung pain vanished after having the liquid in his lungs removed. Remembering to take his medicines several times throughout the day, without ever skipping, was a challenge, but he was determined. He was well informed by his doctors about side effects and different things he could not do. He experienced having almost red urine and remembered no alcohol was allowed during the six month treatment. Even though he knew nothing about tuberculosis before his diagnosis, he listened to his doctors and was smart enough not to stop taking his medicine after the first few weeks when his symptoms went away. He knew how important it was to stay on them regularly, and the six month treatment was a success. TB has the greatest chance of returning in the two years after a successful treatment, and so today, he is taking better care of himself, making sure to keep his immune system strong. He stays strong mentally and physically, and he is convinced he's beat tuberculosis once and for all.

Tuberculosis is a treatable disease, but certain circumstances can make treatment a more lengthy, expensive, and risky venture. Suren Arakelyan is a forty four year old man currently residing in an Abovyan hospital on the outskirts of Yerevan the capital of Armenia, his native home. He has been battling TB for fifteen years since contracting it after a short stay in a Russian prison for a brawl in St. Petersburg. Patchy antibiotics defeated the disease once, but it returned in 2008 in the form XDR-TB, extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. XDR-TB is one form of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Drug-resistant tuberculosis is when the bacteria become resistant to the drugs usually used to treat TB. This can happen when prescribed the wrong treatment, dose, and/or length of time, when the drugs are unavailable or of bad quality, when people do not take all of their TB medications or take them regularly, when they develop TB for a second time, or when they are infected by someone with drug-resistant TB. Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is when the bacteria is resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampin, the most often used and effective TB medications. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis a rare type of MDR-TB that is resistant to isoniazid and rifampin, fluoroquinolone, and a minimum of one of the three injectable second-line drugs (such as amikacin, kanamycin, or capreomycin). XDR-TB is resistant to the strongest first-line and second-line TB drugs, and therefore treatment of this strain is less effective, more expensive, and prone to more side effects. Drug-resistant tuberculosis may need up to two years of chemotherapy depending on how many drugs the bacteria are resistant to.

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Arakelyan is emaciated and despondent, and he has lost half his lung tissue from the disease and much of his hearing due to the toxic drugs. He is lonely and separated from his family, a wife and young children, who live in distant Belarus. Hopeless, he skips and refuses some of his prescribed medications, the side effects on his body too difficult to bear, but this only worsens his situation and strengthens the bacteria's resistance. Taking all of the medications exactly as they were prescribed and never missing or stopping treatment early are the best ways to prevent drug-resistant tuberculosis. Being quickly diagnosed and starting treatment immediately and limiting exposure to those infected with drug-resistant TB will also help prevent MDR-TB or XDR-TB.

Scientists continually conduct research to find better treatments for TB. Scientists at Yeshiva University in Bronx, NY are researching how TB infects/causes disease in humans, how the human immune system responds, and identifying the factors that allow the survival and reproduction of the bacteria in the host. They are also studying the mechanisms of drug resistance and how M. tuberculosis is able to survive long-term drug treatments to determine more effective drugs and methods of treatment against TB. They work towards creating new powerful vaccines to better prevent and protect against all strains of TB. Scientists at the University of Illinois in Chicago work to optimize anti-TB drugs to kill the bacteria while being less toxic/non-toxic to human cells. They are also studying the use of natural products against TB and developing tools to help better the discovery of new drugs.

Tuberculosis wasn't once called consumption and the wasting disease for nothing. Without proper treatment, TB can be life threatening and if not can still make life difficult and miserable. Precautions should always be taken in high risk areas until the day when scientists discover a definite cure.

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She went to 3 states in 7 weeks with XDR TB?
Authorities trace steps of woman with rare tuberculosis 2:45
A female patient with an extremely hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis is being treated at the National Institutes of Health outside Washington, D.C., and federal and state officials are now tracking down hundreds of people who may have been in contact with her.

The woman traveled to at least three states before she sought treatment from a U.S. doctor. While TB is not easily caught by casual contact, extensively drug resistant (XDR) TB is so dangerous that health officials will have to make a concerted effort to warn anyone who may be at risk.

"The patient was transferred to the NIH via special air and ground ambulances," the NIH said in a statement.

"THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE NIH VIA SPECIAL AIR AND GROUND AMBULANCES."
"The patient is staying in an isolation room in the NIH Clinical Center specifically designed for handling patients with respiratory infections, including XDR-TB. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the NIH, is providing care and treatment for the patient in connection with an existing NIH clinical protocol for treating TB, including XDR forms. NIAID has treated other XDR-TB patients in the past under this protocol," the NIH said.

These special isolation rooms usually control air flow to prevent germs from escaping into the rest of the hospital or outside.

The patient, who isn't being identified in any way, may face months or even years of treatment. Ordinary TB is hard to treat and requires, at a minimum, weeks of antibiotics. XDR-TB resists the effects of almost all the known TB drugs. Sometimes patients have to have pockets of infection surgically removed.

Only about a third to half of cases can even be cured.

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Is the public at risk for tuberculosis? 1:20
It's not clear why the patient traveled so much before seeking treatment, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

"The patient traveled in April from India to the United States through Chicago O'Hare airport," the CDC said in a statement provided to NBC News.

"The patient also spent time in Missouri and Tennessee. Seven weeks after arriving in the United States, the patient sought treatment for and was diagnosed with active TB."

She was isolated in a suburban Chicago hospital before she was sent to NIH.

CDC and NIH are testing the patient to see what drugs may help her.

"Besides concerns about community contacts, the patient flew from India to the United States. CDC will obtain the passenger manifest for that flight from the airline and will begin a contact investigation. Although the risk of getting a contagious disease on an airplane is low, public health officers sometimes need to find and alert travelers who may have been exposed to an ill passenger," CDC said.

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CDC takes these cases very seriously. In 2007 Andrew Speaker, an Atlanta lawyer with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, was arrested and forcibly isolated under federal order after he defied CDC advisories and flew out of the country to get married.

XDR-TB is very rare in the U.S. CDC says it got reports of 63 cases between 1993 and 2011.

"TB bacteria are put into the air when a person with TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, shouts, or sings," CDC says. "These bacteria can float in the air for several hours, depending on the environment. Persons who breathe in the air containing these TB bacteria can become infected."

"THE PATIENT TRAVELED IN APRIL FROM INDIA TO THE UNITED STATES THROUGH CHICAGO O'HARE AIRPORT."
People with lowered immunity, especially HIV patients, are most at risk.

"All travelers should avoid high risk settings where there are no infection control measures in place. Documented places where transmission has occurred include crowded hospitals, prisons, homeless shelters, and other settings where susceptible persons come in contact with persons with TB disease," CDC advises.

The average cost of treating multidrug-resistant TB is $134,000, compared to $17,000 for a normal case. That can shoot up to $430,000 for an extensively resistant case. It's not clear who will pay for this patient's treatment.

Nine million people are infected with TB every year, including 9,000 people in the U.S.

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Extreme TB Patient Faces Months of Grueling Treatment

A patient with an extremely hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis faces months of potentially grueling treatment with a cocktail of antibiotics, some of which can cause deafness, kidney failure and other severe side-effects, experts say.

The patient, who is not being identified, is in a special isolation ward at the National Institutes of Health. The case has made public health officials anxious because the patient traveled from India and then to at least three U.S. states before she sought medical care -- which means hundreds of people will have to be notified about possible exposure.

And the patient herself has a tough time ahead of her, says Dr. Randall Reves of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, who's treated cases of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB. "When I first get a patient with drug-resistant TB, the first thing I do is apologize," he said.

"I say I'm really sorry that I am going to have to ask you to take old drugs that … are weak and toxic, and we are going to have to treat you for 18 to 24 months, and the only reason we are going to have to do that is because we haven't insisted on the research that's necessary to bring forth a safe, effective, well-tolerated short-course treatment."

"I say I'm really sorry that I am going to have to ask you to take old drugs that … are weak and toxic."
Some of the drugs used against drug-resistant TB can cause permanent deafness, liver damage, kidney failure, psychosis, nausea and other unpleasant complications. "They're just not really well tolerated. That's why we stopped using them decades ago," Reves said.

"It's a drug that, if you were to try to get approved today, they would say, 'Oh, no. That drug is too toxic for use'. And yet we resort to it because we don't have anything else."

It's part of a general, global shortage of new antibiotics that health officials have been warning about for years and that the White House has made a priority.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines XDR TB as resisting the effects of the antibiotics isoniazid and rifampin, plus any drug in the fluoroquinolone class and at least one of three injectable second-line drugs, such as amikacin, kanamycin, or capreomycin.

NIH said its team was consulting on which drugs would be best to try.

It can cost up to $430,000 to treat someone for XDR TB, compared to $17,000 for a normal case. NIH says the patient is being treated as part of a clinical trial, which means the NIH will pay for her treatment.

The first task will be to try to get the patient's infection under control so she is less likely to spread it, Reves said.

"Isolation is based upon the risk for transmission," Reves told NBC News. "If it's disease in a lung, and bacteria are in the sputum, that is when transmission can occur," he said. "Infection is a risk until we can clear the sputum."

"Isolation is based upon the risk for transmission."

That can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, he said.

Tuberculosis can infect various organs, but the best-known form infects the lungs and is spread when people cough, talk or even when they sing. The bacilli bacteria can remain in the air for several hours, although it takes a large dose over time for someone else to catch it. People most at risk are those in small, enclosed spaces with patients who are actively infectious.

The patient traveled in April from India through Chicago O'Hare airport. The patient also spent time in Missouri and Tennessee. Seven weeks after arriving in the United States, the patient sought treatment for and was diagnosed with active TB in McHenry County in northern Illinois.

TB is especially tricky because it can take a latent form that causes no symptoms. People cannot infect others when they have a latent TB infection, but if their immune systems get run down it can become active.

[racman]

Nice to see..... been awhile!!

[ospreyeye]

$LAKE Chart – nice breakout on light volume – 11.00 is the Key level to close above today –

[Mr Fox]

LAKE on fire

[racman]

Missed that call. Disappointing day!!

[racman]

Great call... listened in!!! $12+ tomorrow!!

[Mr Fox]

Nice report. Stock going up after hours. Strong volume. Balance sheet improved.

[Mr Fox]

LAKE Nice tax benefit for years to come from the exit of Brazil. Balance sheet is improving. Nice risk/reward. Fireworks????

[racman]

I'm all in!! Go LAKE!!! Hit $15 PPS!! It's possible with the huge QoQ EPS jump!!!

[Mr Fox]

LAKE: Run is going to start now