Data Science Project Helps Legionnaires’ Disease Investigators Worldwide
Legionnaires’ disease is a severe pneumonia with a 1 in 10 fatality rate, and cooling towers containing Legionella bacteria are a common source of community outbreaks. Outbreak investigators need to find and test cooling towers to stop the outbreak and prevent more illnesses and deaths. Read the full article here
Man in Central China suffers from organ failure after driving car covered with mold and Legionella
A man from Central China’s Hunan Province suffered from acute multiple organ failure after he drove his car which had been parked for two months and was covered with mold inside. Read the full article here
CIBSE Guide G: Public health and plumbing engineering (2014)
PDF amended December 2020 to amend stated values of daily demand for hotels are per bedroom, not per person and include omitted Simultaneous demand pipe sizing charts. Read the full article here
Aberdeenshire Council HQ closed after suspected legionella find
Aberdeenshire Council has been forced to close its city headquarters – after a potentially deadly bacteria was found in the water supply. Read the full article here
HSE Annual Science Review 2021
HSE has published this year’s review, ‘COVID-19: Collaboration in a time of crisis’. The 2021 Annual Science Review focuses on the robust scientific evidence supporting the government’s response to the pandemic. The review highlights the range of studies HSE scientists are working on to support healthy and safe work in Great Britain, including: • The safe introduction… Read more »
Lorry driver’s death could be linked to ferry journey
A lorry driver from Stafford died after contracting legionnaire’s disease. He complained he was short of breath. His condition worsened and he died days later on September 2 2018. Read the full article here
‘Pokemonas’: bacteria closely related to lung parasites discovered and named after Pokémon
‘Pokemonas’ live in round amoebae, similar to Pokémon, which are caught inside balls in the popular video game. Read the full article here
New Jersey Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Kept Quiet in State Prisons
After one person died and another spent a month in a coma, state officials found Legionella bacteria in the water at two New Jersey prisons. Read the full article here
‘Unsafe’ Legionella claim as Mary Feilding Guild set to close early
The final residents at Mary Feilding Guild are set to be moved out next week – despite the owner’s claims of “unsafe” levels of Legionella being disputed by health experts. Read the full article here
Legionella detected at Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital
As part of its routine annual water testing for Legionella, Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital has detected the bacteria in water from two sinks in the Administration Building, the Department of Health and Human Resources reported Tuesday. Read the full article here
