Helpful information about a growing U.S. problem
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 …
Two more individuals were confirmed to have been sickened with Legionnaires’ disease after visiting The Guest House at Graceland hotel in Memphis, TN, Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) officials said Thursday. That brings the number of infected to five.
The hotel, which opened last October on the grounds of the former home of Elvis Presley,…
The LA Fitness in Metro West, a suburb of Orlando, FL, has tested positive for Legionella bacteria, less than a week after an LA Fitness in Hunter’s Creek also returned positive results for the disease-causing bacteria, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Both clubs have been under investigation since May by the Florida Department of Health…
The Hunter’s Creek LA Fitness tested positive for the Legionella bacteria – one of two Orlando-area LA Fitness clubs currently under investigation – according to the Florida Department of Health in Orange County (FDHOC). The Hunter’s Creek club is located at 12700 S. Orange Blossom Trail, about 12 miles south of downtown Orlando.
The test…
Three people have been infected with Legionnaires’ disease at The Guest House at Graceland in Memphis, TN, the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) announced in a news conference today.
The SCHD is investigating for the existence of the Legionella bacteria and ordered the hotel to temporarily close the aquatics center, which includes the hot tub…
A second police officer at the 23rd Precinct in East Harlem has contracted Legionnaires’ disease, NYPD officials have confirmed. “The officer did not require any hospitalization and is being treated with medication,” the department said in a statement.
Earlier in June, an officer at the precinct was diagnosed with Legionnaires’ and hospitalized outside of Manhattan.…
