3 Babies Die at a Pennsylvania Hospital After Bacterial Infections
The premature babies were being treated in a neonatal intensive care unit when they were infected. Five other babies were also sickened. Officials with the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., said they did not yet know the source of the infections, which occurred over several months starting in July. The hospital said it was… Read more »
Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital says patient diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease
Beaumont Hospital has released a statement saying a patient at the hospital has been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. The statement reads as follows: A patient in our community was recently diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. That individual was a patient at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. The safety of our patients, families and staff is our top… Read more »
Why Legionnaires’ cases keep increasing and what researchers say can halt the trend.
Western North Carolina’s current outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease is part of a nationwide trend, one researchers say will continue until government officials mandate more regulation of key water systems. “Stop letting patients and others be the canary in the coal mine,” said Dr. Janet Stout, president of the Special Pathogens Laboratory in Pittsburgh. “We shouldn’t… Read more »
Conference co-hosted by NSF International and National Environmental Health Association
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Environmental and public health experts agree that proactive water management plans, stronger policies, collaboration, communication and regulation are needed to stop the rapidly increasing number of Legionnaires’ disease cases and outbreaks. Representatives from public health agencies, water utilities, water industry organizations, regulatory bodies and academia were among 360 international attendees at Legionella Conference 2019,… Read more »
Officials investigating the Legionnaires outbreak want all fair-goers to take survey
Officials from the State Health Department report 83 confirmed cases, one of them fatal. Of the 83 cases, the NCDHHS say 55 had to be hospitalized. In addition, the Henderson County Facebook page is asking anyone who attended the Mountain State Fair between Sept 6-15, 2019, to participate in a survey; even those who are… Read more »
Where drinking water is a 90-minute walk away
An estimated 2.3 million people are affected by the ongoing drought in southern Angola’s Namibe, Huila, Bie and Cunene provinces, nearly half a million of whom are children under 5 years old. The failure of this year’s rainy season in the first three months of the year decimated crops and livestock. In Cunene province alone,… Read more »
Why your child’s rubber duck could be a potential killer – and other dangers lurking in the home
Scientists have released a study revealing bath toys that squirt water could be harbouring bugs that can cause eye, ear and stomach infections – including Legionella and drug-resistant superbugs that can cause death. The researchers found between 5 million and 75 million cells per square centimetre inside the toys, with potentially pathogenic bacteria identified in… Read more »
Additional Legionnaires’ disease cases identified in Chemung County
Chemung County and state health officials are investigating a case of Legionellosis (Legionnaires’ disease) at the Chemung County Nursing Facility in Elmira. Health officials do not believe the case is related to a cluster of cases of the serious and sometimes fatal bacterial disease reported in late August. However, a 12th case considered part of… Read more »
Public Health England Monthly Legionella Report – August 2019
Public Health England Monthly Legionella Report August 2019 LINK
Study Examines Risk Factors for Bacterial Colonization in Bronchiectasis
Among people with bronchiectasis, those more than 55 years old or who have bronchiectasis as a result of infection, are at an increased risk of being colonized with the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The human body is home for many different kinds of bacteria; most are benign, but some cause health problems. It’s known that people with bronchiectasis… Read more »
