Six guests who stayed at the Sheraton Atlanta hotel at the same time have tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease Legionnaires’ is a severe form of pneumonia caused by legionella bacteria It’s unclear if the guests became infected from the hotel itself, but it is closed so health officials can conduct testing Health officials are warning… Read more »

Staff at a Moray care home have been told they are not doing enough to manage the risk a potentially deadly bacteria poses to its elderly residents. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has given Abbeyside Nursing Home in Elgin until next Friday to improve its risk assessment around legionella. The bacteria – found in… Read more »

Whenever he returns from holiday, even before he’s unpacked his bags, a doctor runs a shower for 20 minutes to protect against a deadly disease. Dr Tom Makin heads straight to the bathroom, turns on the shower, before running out again and repeating the ritual. ‘I cover my nose and mouth with one hand and… Read more »

Last week Ford reported low levels of bacteria that cause Legionnaires’ disease at the Dearborn Truck Assembly plant outside of Detroit. The announcement came at the same time Legionella bacteria was reported at the Old Main building at Wayne State. According to a report in the Detroit Free Press the discoveries came during “routine” testing… Read more »

sea-salt hot tub smelt of ‘damp and urine’ before 39 visitors fell ill — as 14 contracted the potentially fatal legionella infection and nine were left in hospital. The Healax Salt Caves in Kinson, Bournemouth, Dorset has now been closed while workmen — who were seen at the spa wearing ventilator masks yesterday — investigate the… Read more »

Potentially dangerous bacteria have been found in the water supply serving a special needs academy and youth club in Tufnell Park. Health inspectors were called to The Bridge Secondary School – part of a multi-academy trust – in Carleton Road yesterday due to “low levels of Legionella bacteria” being found in the school’s water. Legionella… Read more »

PETALING JAYA: Starfresh and Water Funs are among two brands of bottled water taken off the shelves with immediate effect. This is following the discovery of traces of bacteria commonly found in faeces, soil and sewage in several water supplies. The Health Ministry said both brands were found to contain pseudomonas aeruginosa, which contravenes the… Read more »

Freshman Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed Customs and Border Protection officers ordered women to drink water out of toilets at a migrant detention center along the U.S.-Mexico border. Ocasio-Cortez joined more than a dozen House members in a visit to detention centers in Texas on Monday. The trip was organized by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus following… Read more »

CDC crypto parasite—Beware before taking a dip in that public pool. A disease called crypto parasite in on the rise in US swimming pools. A parasitic infection, crypto causes diarrhea and is often transmitted by exposure to excrement. The rate of people getting sick with Cryptosporidium, a parasite, has soared 13 percent since 2009, with… Read more »

SINGAPORE: The presence of another consignment of bottled drinking water from a Malaysian manufacturer has been detected with the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common environmental bacteria, here. In a circular addressed to bottled water importers, Singapore Food Agency (SFA) informed that through its recent surveillance, consignments of bottled drinking water from Malee Mineral Water… Read more »