Helpful information about a growing U.S. problem
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,…
Community officials temporarily closed the Foothill Ranch community pool and spa in Lake Forest, CA, on May 12 after two cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported during the past two months, the Orange County Register reported.
Orange County health officials are testing the pool and spa waters for Legionella bacteria. A person catches Legionnaires’ disease…
The Legionella bacteria is endemic in cooling towers throughout the United States, according to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The CDC tested water from 196 cooling towers in eight of nine continental U.S. climate regions, and 84 percent returned positive results for Legionella DNA, meaning the bacteria was…
An American Cancer Society (ACS) patient died from complications of contracting Legionnaires’ disease at the ACS’ Hope Lodge in Manhattan in May 2015, according to a lawsuit filed in March. The patient was one of four who took ill with the disease while staying at the housing facility, numerous news sources reported.
Joan Pedersen, 62,…
