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.…

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…