In January 2018, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health (DPH), received a report of a culture-confirmed case of Legionnaires’ disease. The patient, who was immunocompromised, had died at a local hospital 10 days after being admitted. DPH and an infection preventionist from the hospital investigated to determine the source of the… Read more »

The Lake County Health Department continues to investigate an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at the Brookdale Vernon Hills senior living facility on Milwaukee Avenue in Vernon Hills. Since receiving initial reports of Legionnaires’ disease at the facility, a total of five confirmed cases have been identified, including one death. FULL ARTICLE

An Otago woman who died of legionnaires’ disease had six weeks earlier attended the funeral of a friend who died of the same illness. Keen gardener Josie Padget, 70, died on February 19. She was placed in an induced coma after being airlifted to Dunedin Hospital in Clyde and never woke up. FULL ARTICLE

An Allegheny County Department of Human Services employee who works Downtown somehow contracted Legionnaires’ disease, prompting the county to check the water in the building where the employee works “out of an abundance of caution,” the county said Tuesday. FULL ARTICLE

Water dispensers and drinking machines could be a transmission method for the novel coronavirus and Legionnaires’ disease if not cleaned regularly, experts have warned. There are two possibilities regarding how self-service dispensers and drinking machines could transmit diseases, paediatrician Chang Kit told Sing Tao Daily, sister paper of The Standard. FULL ARTICLE

The number of cases of Legionnaires’ Disease at the Brookdale Vernon Hills senior living facility has increased to five, including one death, health officials reported Thursday. Three cases, including one fatality, were reported earlier in February. Legionella bacteria were detected in one apartment, a pool filter, an irrigation system, and a decorative water fountain, officials said…. Read more »

The spigots are back on at Westmoreland Manor. County officials said the latest test results found no traces of the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease in the water at the Hempfield nursing home. FULL ARTICLE

A woman who went to Muckross Park Hotel in Killarney, Co Kerry to celebrate her wedding anniversary ended up in an induced coma after contracting Legionnaires’ Disease after using the hotel’s spa facilities, the High Court has heard. Mary Kelleher (55) was in the coma for three weeks and was discharged from hospital after 54… Read more »

Feeling on death’s door in intensive care, frail pensioner Shirley Errington battled Legionnaires’ disease after returning from holiday. The 80-year-old had been on an all-inclusive trip to Turkey when she was struck down with illness on her return. FULL ARTICLE

A mental health clinic had to be closed after an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease among the staff. Three staff members at Gatton Place in Redhill are known to have been diagnosed with the bacterial illness. The community mental health hub in St Matthew’s Road was closed for five days from last Wednesday (February 5) while tests and… Read more »