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 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
The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed three additional cases of Legionnaires’ disease at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. One of the four patients being treated for the disease died in May after being hospitalized.
The news comes a week after the DOH announced an investigation into an individual case of Legionnaires’
One case of Legionnaires’ disease has been diagnosed on the island of Oahu and is being investigated by the Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu and the Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH), according to KHON2 TV.
Dr. Leslie Chu, chief medical officer at Queen’s Medical Center, confirmed that the patient is being treated there but
A Wayne State University (WSU) employee was diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, and university officials said they will respond by conducting water tests, according to news reports.
WSU is a public research university located in Detroit, with more than 27,000 graduate and undergraduate students.
The employee, who works in the faculty administration building, is under
A patient has contracted Legionnaires’ disease while undergoing treatment for cancer at the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC), the third consecutive year that the deadly respiratory illness has hit the hospital.
The news comes less than a year after the death of a woman in her 20s who contracted Legionnaires’ while a patient at
Several employees at the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial V.A. Medical Center in Loma Linda, CA, have filed a federal whistleblower complaint against hospital officials alleging that they are covering up a Legionella bacteria outbreak, the Orange County Register (OCR) recently reported. The complaint says that officials put patients, hospital visitors, and staff at risk for
The state of Michigan and Governor Rick Snyder have ended the free bottled water distribution program to Flint residents, according to news reports. The 2-year-old program began in January 2016 as part of a $450 million state and federal aid package that was put in place after lead-tainted water plagued the city during the Flint
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is investigating a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease illnesses at Co-Op City in the Bronx, including the death of an elderly resident.
Co-Op City, located in the Baychester section of the borough, is the largest cooperative housing development in the world. It has 15,372 apartments
The Florida Department of Health in Lake County has confirmed two Legionnaires’ disease cases at a 55-plus community in Lady Lake, FL, according to Villages-News.com.
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