For the second time in less than 12 months, a North Waco, TX, hotel is under investigation for a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak after two guests were confirmed with the illness.
The out-of-state guests were diagnosed upon their return home. They stayed separately earlier this month at the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Waco North,
While health officials haven’t definitively pinpointed the exact source of the Legionnaires’ disease cluster in which 12 people have been sickened in McHenry County, IL, investigators have narrowed their probe for six cases.
The McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH), working in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Centers for
The Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH) confirmed it is investigating 11 cases of Legionnaires’ disease, including the death of one person, all connected to the Saint Columbkille Church parish in suburban Cleveland.
All 11 victims were hospitalized, but the statuses of the remaining 10 patients, their names and genders were not released, citing
Legionella bacteria has sickened six individuals in suburban Cleveland, and health inspectors said they believe the source of the illness may be St. Columbkille Church, where all six are parishioners, according to a statement released by The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.
Cleveland 19 reporter Lacey Crisp reported that a woman in Parma – about 10
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