Health officials have found evidence connecting cases of Legionnaires’ disease to the Co-Op City complex in the Bronx. “Although additional testing needs to be done, the association between the people with Legionnaires’ disease and Co-Op city is substantial,” said attorney Fred Pritzker. “Sometimes filing a lawsuit is the only way to get answers.” Since December … Read more
Patients at Veterans Affairs hospital in Iowa were not told that the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ Disease had been found at the facility, according to a report Sunday in the Des Moines Register. Some patients are wondering why they weren’t told. The facility plans to spend $6.5 million to replace the plumbing in the patient care … Read more
The Econo Lodge in Ocean City, Md. is the likely source of two cases of Legionnaires’ disease. Two guests who stayed at the hotel were diagnosed with the disease, and tests revealed low levels of Legionella bacteria in the hotel’s water pipes, according to Worcester County health officials. The two case patients did not stay … Read more
Twenty people in Forsyth County including one patient at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and seven patients at Oak Forest Health and Rehabilitation ave been diagnosed with Legionnaire’s Disease this year. Health officials have not been able to find the source of contamination. Both facilities get water from the Winston-Salem Forsyth County Water Treatment plant, … Read more
A spike in Legionnaires’ disease cases in the Milwaukee area last summer was likely caused by multiple sources, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). During a three-month period last summer, Milwaukee County reported more than twice the number of annual cases and health investigators scrambled to find the … Read more
A Pennsylvania veteran, John McChesney, has died from Legionnaires’ disease, a form of pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila bacteria. His death may be connected to the outbreak of the illness linked to the University Drive VA hospital in Oakland, PA, part of the Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System. He died on October 23, 2012. “The VA … Read more
The SuperMedia Hotel and Conference Center, a hotel near the Dallas airport, closed temporarily this week after a guest was diagnosed with Legionnaires’ Disease. It is not yet known if the guest contracted the disease at the hotel or elsewhere, but the hotel closed temporarily while tests are being conducted. “A guest at the hotel attached to SuperMedia’s … Read more