Elevated levels of Legionella bacteria were discovered at the Town Hall in West Orange, NJ, after Legionnaires’ disease hospitalized a long-time municipal employee.
After learning of the worker’s illness, officials of the central Essex County town hired an outside environmental company to test water sources at the two buildings in which the employee worked.
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The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) announced that five new cases of Legionnaires’ disease had been confirmed in the cluster affecting upper Manhattan, increasing the number of people sickened to 27.
Three of the cluster’s victims have been hospitalized, and one person has died. The illness has infected residents of southern Washington Heights
Legionella bacteria was present in preliminary test results at St. John’s Fountain Lake senior community in Albert Lea, MN, according to St. John’s CEO Scot Spates. It was also announced that a third resident had taken ill with Legionnaires’ disease, which is caused by Legionella.
The three illnesses were confirmed to the Minnesota
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,
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.
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