Legionnaires' disease affects two workers at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas.Two hundred employees in an administrative building next to the military hospital at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) in Fort Sam Houston, TX, have been relocated to a temporary workspace after two coworkers were hospitalized and treated for Legionnaires’ disease this summer, according to numerous news reports. In addition, test results are pending on a

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

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