Illinois: Legionnaires’ disease case reported at Manteno Veterans’ Home
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) are reporting a single Legionnaires’ disease case in a resident at the Manteno Veterans’ More...
Bronx Psychiatric Center ID’d as likely source of Legionnaires outbreak
The New York City Health Department today announced that it had identified the likely source of the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in the East Bronx. After extensive sampling of cooling towers and testing of Legionella More...
Alabama: No new Legionella cases reported, case count remains at 15
Assistant State Health Officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Dr. Karen Landers said there has been no new cases of Legionella pneumonia at this time and no new patients have been identified More...
Florence, AL legionella outbreak up to 13 cases, all associated with Glenwood Nursing Home facility
In a follow up to a report Wednesday, Dr. Karen Landers, Assistant State Health Officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), reports that there are 13 patients with confirmed Legionella pneumonia. More...
Alabama: Lauderdale County legionella outbreak up to 11 cases
The number of cases of Legionella pneumonia in the northwest Alabama county of Lauderdale has increased in both confirmed and suspected cases of the respiratory bacterial disease. Legionella Image/CDC According More...
Ohio: Reynoldsburg retirement community Legionnaires’ case count up to 39, called ‘the largest Legionnaires’ outbreak in Ohio history’
The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak, which began last month at Wesley Ridge Retirement Community in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, has risen to 39 cases, making it the largest Legionnaires’ outbreak in Ohio history, More...
Two Legionella cases at a Brisbane hospital prompts investigation
With reports of two recent Legionella infections, with one patient dying and the other in ICU, at a Brisbane hospital, Queensland Health have opened a formal investigation to determine whether changes need to be More...
Hong Kong health officials investigate a case of Legionnaires’ Disease
Hong Kong public health officials are investigating a case of Legionnaires’ Disease involving an elderly man admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Princess Margaret Hospital Tuesday, according to a Centre More...
Chicago: Three cases of Legionnaires’ disease linked to JW Marriott Chicago Hotel
Chicago health officials say that up to 8,500 guests of popular, downtown hotel may have been exposed to the potentially serious bacterium in light of reports of three confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease More...
