Helpful information about a growing U.S. problem
Did you know that the earliest known outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the United States occurred in Minnesota in 1957?
Between June 7 and August 9 of that year, 78 people in Austin – many who worked at the local Hormel meat-packing plant – were hospitalized with an acute respiratory disease, most suffering symptoms that…
A woman in her 90s has died and six other people have been sickened in an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, according to New York City health officials. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is investigating the outbreak in the Lenox Hill neighborhood, which runs south to…
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette charged five state and local water officials with involuntary manslaughter Wednesday for their roles in a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak during the Flint water crisis, according to numerous news reports. All five were blamed in the December 2015 death of an 85-year-old man who had Legionnaires’ disease.
There were nearly 100…
A hot tub at Summit Greens, a 55-and-older living community in suburban Orlando, FL, has been established as the source for Legionella bacteria that sickened two residents with Legionnaires’ disease, according to numerous news reports. Both victims were hospitalized but have since recovered and returned home.
The news about Summit Greens – located in Clermont…
Orange County Health Care Agency officials said they received positive test results for Legionella bacteria at the Foothill Ranch community spa, according to a report by the Orange County Register. The Foothill Ranch pool, wade pool, and spa in Lake Forest, CA, were temporarily closed May 12 after two adults were hospitalized with Legionnaires’ disease.…
For the second time in less than two months, LA Fitness facilities in the Orlando, FL, area are at the center of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak investigation after four members at two clubs were confirmed to have contracted the disease. Three cases are connected to the club at 4792 Kirkman Road; the other is linked …
A pair of recent visitors contracted Legionnaires’ disease while staying at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the Southern Nevada Health District announced. The two guests stayed at the hotel separately in March and April.
The Caesar Entertainment group said tests made to the hotel’s hot-water system confirmed the presence of the…
“Poisoned Water,” a one-hour documentary that looks at the 2015 outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Flint, MI, debuts at 9 EDT tonight on the PBS science series “Nova.”
In April 2014, city and state officials switched Flint’s water supply from Detroit’s water system to the Flint River, and in so doing, decided against treating the…
A Lehigh County jury awarded $1.1 million to the estates of two men killed and three others sickened because of Legionnaires’ disease contracted from a tainted decorative fountain at a medical facility in suburban Allentown, PA, according to news reports.
The five victims – all men – took ill in 2013 after visits to the…
LAWSUITS FILED IN SARASOTA SPRINGS
A pair of negligence lawsuits were filed this month in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease last fall in Sarasota Springs, NY, according to news reports.
The son of Alice Johnson, an 86-year-old woman who died after contracting the Legionnaires’ disease while staying at the Wesley Health Care Center,…
