Helpful information about a growing U.S. problem
After a second reported case of Legionnaires’ disease at a Flushing apartment complex in Queens, NY, within a year period, the city is performing tests to the water distribution system, according to multiple news reports.
Two residents of Building 3 at Latimer Gardens – one of four buildings in the complex, located at 34-20 137th…
The hot tubs at the Gold’s Gym in Kennewick, WA, tested positive for Legionella bacteria, Benton-Franklin Health District (BFHD) officials announced.
Testing occurred after two members, both women, were infected with Legionnaires’ disease in July. A third woman took ill after the initial reports. All three have since recovered.
“The only commonality that we were…
Two residents of The Manor at Whitehall, OH, tested positive for Legionella bacteria in July, according to officials at the Franklin County Public Health Department. The Manor is a short-term rehabilitation or extended-stay skilled nursing facility in a suburb of Columbus.
Additional medical testing is needed to determine whether the two men – both in…
Two members of the Gold’s Gym in Kennewick, WA, were sickened with Legionnaires’ disease, according to the Benton Franklin Health District (BFHD) in a statement.
The two senior women, who are in their 70s and 80s, are recovering after being discharged from the hospital. The only commonality between the two is that they are members…
More than 4,000 delegates from the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Legion traveled to the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia on July 21, 1976, for the Legion’s annual three-day convention. It was supposed to be remembered as the bicentennial commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
A medical mystery changed…
Four more people have contracted Legionnaires’ disease after visiting The Guest House at Graceland hotel in Memphis, TN, increasing the total to nine, the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) said in a statement.
The hotel’s hot tub and swimming pool both tested positive for Legionella bacteria, which causes Legionnaires’ disease. The aquatics center, which includes…
The water at Westminster Towers, a senior retirement community in downtown Orlando, FL, tested positive for the Legionella bacteria, according to the Florida Department of Health in Orange County (FDHOC). Testing was performed by the FDHOC after officials were informed that a former resident of the facility had contracted Legionnaires’ disease.
An FDHOC spokesperson said …
Testing of the 116 cooling towers in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of Manhattan’s Upper East Side found the existence of Legionella DNA in 42 towers (36 percent), according to a fact sheet sent out by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Low levels of Legionella bacteria, which causes Legionnaires’ disease…
Did you know that the world’s largest outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease occurred in July 2001 in Murcia, Spain? More than 800 cases were suspected, with 449 confirmed cases and six fatalities. To blame? The cooling towers at a city hospital, according to an epidemiologic investigation.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated …
Two more individuals were confirmed to have been sickened with Legionnaires’ disease after visiting The Guest House at Graceland hotel in Memphis, TN, Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) officials said Thursday. That brings the number of infected to five.
The hotel, which opened last October on the grounds of the former home of Elvis Presley,…
