Birmingham (USA) Schools has another health concern to worry about in addition to COVID-19. Read the full article here

Minnesota health officials have traced back two cases of Legionnaires’ disease to a hotel in Albert Lea. Read the full article here

Global outbreaks of coronavirus have forced the closing of schools, gyms, offices and other buildings at a scale never seen before. Now, as countries start reopening after lockdown, those previously abandoned buildings could have become a breeding ground for another infection – Legionnaires’ disease. Read the full article here

LAS VEGAS – Michael Hurtado spent the past year of the pandemic flushing toilets. Once a week. Hundreds of toilets. Thousands of times. Read the full article here

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

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

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 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 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 »

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