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
Fear of Legionnaires’ disease is hitting close to home for Illinois politicians after tests at the Illinois Capitol complex showed the “possible presence” of Legionella bacteria in the hot-water system, according to state officials. Legionella is the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease.
Legionnaires’ disease has been a hot-button topic since last October after the deadly
The state of New York led the nation last year with 1,009 cases of Legionnaires’ disease reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – despite stricter state regulations meant to protect against the proliferation of Legionella bacteria in cooling towers, hospitals, and residential health-care facilities.
More than 40 percent of cases –
Only a month after a new Legionnaires’ disease death was reported in the Flint water crisis, another case of the deadly respiratory illness was announced at a nursing home in Flint, according to multiple news reports. The disease was reported last week to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
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