Legionella bacteria was positively identified by the Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County (FDOH) after testing of a hot water heater in the fitness area at the IslandWalk at West Villages gated community in North Port, FL, according to news reports.
However, the FDOH believes the pool and spa area are where people came
New testing conducted at the Robinson Renaissance office building in downtown Oklahoma City no longer showed the existence of Legionella bacteria, according to a report by that city’s KFOR-TV.
At least six employees who worked in the building tested positive for Legionella bacteria infection in February, according to KFOR-TV sources, which is why testing was
Newly released emails from the Illinois governor’s office illustrate how state officials worked to control the release of information to the public during the 2015 Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy (IVHQ).
The state conceded that the first news release confirming eight cases of Legionnaires’ disease at IVHQ in August 2015
Officials at Brooke Army Medical Center believe they’ve identified the likely source of the Legionella bacteria that infected an employee in early February, after two different incidents of employees becoming infected with Legionnaires’ disease since last August, according to multiple news reports.
Extensive testing was conducted in Building 15 after two cases of Legionnaires’
A gated community in North Port, FL, has been infected with a potentially sizeable Legionnaires’ disease outbreak, according to multiple news reports. Three illnesses have been confirmed, and up to 25 people may have been infected.
The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County (SCHD) is investigating the outbreak at the IslandWalk at the West
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said a state resident visiting the capitol city of Springfield was diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, according to multiple news reports.
The news comes after positive tests of Legionella bacteria – the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease – were reported at the Capitol Complex and the Comptroller’s building
A fourth case of Legionnaires’ disease since Feb. 12 was confirmed at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy (IVHQ) after a positive laboratory testing, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affair (IDVA). The resident is recovering and in stable condition.
The embattled Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy (IVHQ) continues to come under heavy scrutiny after it was announced that three new cases of Legionnaires’ disease had been confirmed this month. The outbreak is the fourth in the past four years at the western Illinois long-term care and living facility.
The Illinois Senate overwhelmingly passed a
The 2014-15 Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Flint, MI, was caused by low chlorine levels in the municipal water system, according to a pair of new studies published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and the journal mBio.
The outbreak, attributed to the ongoing Flint water crisis, killed 12 people and
The third case of Legionnaires’ disease since August was confirmed this week at the Brooke Army Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston, TX, according to multiple news reports.
The sickened employee is the third civilian worker to come down with the serious respiratory illness in Building #15, an administrative building and clinic near the main