Helpful information about a growing U.S. problem
The LA Fitness in Metro West, a suburb of Orlando, FL, has tested positive for Legionella bacteria, less than a week after an LA Fitness in Hunter’s Creek also returned positive results for the disease-causing bacteria, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Both clubs have been under investigation since May by the Florida Department of Health…
The Hunter’s Creek LA Fitness tested positive for the Legionella bacteria – one of two Orlando-area LA Fitness clubs currently under investigation – according to the Florida Department of Health in Orange County (FDHOC). The Hunter’s Creek club is located at 12700 S. Orange Blossom Trail, about 12 miles south of downtown Orlando.
The test…
Three people have been infected with Legionnaires’ disease at The Guest House at Graceland in Memphis, TN, the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) announced in a news conference today.
The SCHD is investigating for the existence of the Legionella bacteria and ordered the hotel to temporarily close the aquatics center, which includes the hot tub…
A second police officer at the 23rd Precinct in East Harlem has contracted Legionnaires’ disease, NYPD officials have confirmed. “The officer did not require any hospitalization and is being treated with medication,” the department said in a statement.
Earlier in June, an officer at the precinct was diagnosed with Legionnaires’ and hospitalized outside of Manhattan.…
Did you know that the earliest known outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the United States occurred in Minnesota in 1957?
Between June 7 and August 9 of that year, 78 people in Austin – many who worked at the local Hormel meat-packing plant – were hospitalized with an acute respiratory disease, most suffering symptoms that…
A woman in her 90s has died and six other people have been sickened in an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, according to New York City health officials. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is investigating the outbreak in the Lenox Hill neighborhood, which runs south to…
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette charged five state and local water officials with involuntary manslaughter Wednesday for their roles in a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak during the Flint water crisis, according to numerous news reports. All five were blamed in the December 2015 death of an 85-year-old man who had Legionnaires’ disease.
There were nearly 100…
A hot tub at Summit Greens, a 55-and-older living community in suburban Orlando, FL, has been established as the source for Legionella bacteria that sickened two residents with Legionnaires’ disease, according to numerous news reports. Both victims were hospitalized but have since recovered and returned home.
The news about Summit Greens – located in Clermont…
Orange County Health Care Agency officials said they received positive test results for Legionella bacteria at the Foothill Ranch community spa, according to a report by the Orange County Register. The Foothill Ranch pool, wade pool, and spa in Lake Forest, CA, were temporarily closed May 12 after two adults were hospitalized with Legionnaires’ disease.…
For the second time in less than two months, LA Fitness facilities in the Orlando, FL, area are at the center of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak investigation after four members at two clubs were confirmed to have contracted the disease. Three cases are connected to the club at 4792 Kirkman Road; the other is linked …
