Legionella bacteria was positively identified by the Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County (FDOH) after testing of a hot water heater in the fitness area at the IslandWalk at West Villages gated community in North Port, FL, according to news reports.
However, the FDOH believes the pool and spa area are where people came
Newly released emails from the Illinois governor’s office illustrate how state officials worked to control the release of information to the public during the 2015 Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy (IVHQ).
The state conceded that the first news release confirming eight cases of Legionnaires’ disease at IVHQ in August 2015
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
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 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
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 –
A 52-year-old woman from Michigan’s Genesee County was killed by Legionnaires’ disease late in December, making her the 13th victim in the deadly outbreak caused by the Flint water crisis. Two waves of the outbreak in 2015 killed 12 and sickened nearly 90.
Karenise Westbrook of Flint died of the same Legionella bacteria strain as
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) linked two cases of Legionnaires’ disease to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, according to news reports.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notified IDPH last Thursday that an out-of-state patient treated at the hospital in November had contracted the disease. Another patient was treated at the
A woman from the United Kingdom filed a lawsuit after contracting Legionnaires’ disease while staying at The Guest House at Graceland in Memphis, TN, according to news reports.
Jennifer Walker of West Yorkshire, England, is one of nine hotel guests who contracted the deadly respiratory illness after lodging at The Guest House over the summer.
A 50-year-old California man filed the first lawsuit against Ceasars Entertainment Corp. in connection with a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in June at the Rio Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, according to news reports.
Christopher Moncado of Long Beach filed suit Tuesday in Nevada’s Clark County District Court. Moncado has been on disability since contracting the