Harrah’s Laughlin Hotel & Casino in Laughlin is being investigated by the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) after it learned of two cases of Legionnaires’ disease that occurred at the property since November of last year.
The two individuals sickened visited the hotel separately from one another, one in November 2017 and the other in
The case count in the Legionnaires’ disease cluster that is affecting upper Manhattan continues to grow as the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) raised the number of infected to 22.
“We may continue to see additional cases,” Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett had warned at a community meeting after
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) said it is investigating an outbreak of two cases of Legionnaires’ disease at the recently opened St. John’s Fountain Lake senior community in Albert Lea.
The first resident exhibited symptoms in early June. They were hospitalized and released.
The second resident’s symptoms were reported July 19 to the MDH.
Nine residents of Illinois’ McHenry County were sickened with Legionnaires’ disease in less than a month, according to the McHenry County Department of Health, and officials are scrambling to identify if any “common denominators” exist between the individuals who were sickened.
Residents of Algonquin, Crystal Lake, Huntley, McHenry and Wonder Lake in McHenry County were
The Legionnaires’ disease cluster that is infecting upper Manhattan has claimed its first life, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). The number of infected has also more than doubled as 18 individuals have been diagnosed with the pneumonia-like illness.
The DOHMH first alerted the public about the outbreak
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is investigating a Legionnaires’ disease community cluster after 11 people were sickened with the illness in the last seven days in upper Manhattan, according to multiple news reports.
“We may continue to see additional cases,” DOHMH Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett said at a
Water testing of the pool and spa area at Four Seasons Palm Springs returned positive results for Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease.
The tests linked the pool’s bacteria to the same strain of Legionella that sickened two community residents with Legionnaires’ disease in January.
Environmental testing was ordered by the Centers
Two contractors working on a Wayne State University (WSU) construction site have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, according to an alert sent to the campus community by university officials.
“The health departments in Detroit and the counties in which the workers live have confirmed the cases,” the university said in a statement. “The individuals
Two veterans have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease after visiting the Chalmers P. Wylie V.A. Ambulatory Care Center in Columbus, OH. In addition, five other patients have Legionnaires’ symptoms, but they have not been confirmed with the disease.
The two veterans who were confirmed with the sometimes-deadly respiratory infection visited the clinic’s primary-care area sometime
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ordered the temporary closure of the pool and spa area at the Four Seasons Palm Springs after two people were sickened by Legionnaires’ disease, according to news reports. The Four Seasons is a gated 55-plus active-retirement community.
The two individuals were sickened in January. Both reported