The death toll from an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in a large Lisbon hospital doubled to four on Friday, Portugal’s health authority DGS said, but the number of new cases being discovered appeared to subside. The severe form of pneumonia has made another 40 people sick since it was detected on Oct. 31 at the… Read more »

Researchers in the US say they have created an ultra-slippery toilet coating that could help save vast quantities of water around the world. Scientists at Penn State University say the coating cuts the amount of water required to flush excrement by 90%. They say it also prevents bacteria from building up in toilet bowls and… Read more »

Amidst numerous questions about the possibility of Legionnaires’ disease cases being linked to Harvey Hall, the city has made the decision to close the building, at least temporarily. Jenny Wells with the City of Tyler says Harvey Hall has been temporarily shut down. All building staff have been moved out of the building. FULL ARTICLE

Work to clean up a hospital bacteria outbreak inadvertently led to more contamination, new documents reveal. Brain surgery was postponed at Edinburgh’s Western General in March after a small number of patients contracted the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bug from showers and taps in a ward. FULL ARTICLE

One person’s death ‘may be related to this cluster,’ says official; Mayor says city is working with health unit ‘to help ensure this does not happen again’ The investigation into a legionnaire’s disease cluster in Orillia, which was announced Oct. 11, 2019, is now concluded and declared over with no risk of further transmission of… Read more »

The association for the support of victims of Portugal’s devastating Legionella outbreak five years ago has advanced with a popular action against the State, demanding a total of 2.6 million euros for the 330 people who have seen their cases ‘archived’. This is the latest in the saga that saw 13 people die in what… Read more »

A BEREAVED partner has been left devastated on being told no firm will be prosecuted over the Capital’s Legionnaires outbreak of 2012. The deadly disease claimed four lives including labourer Bert Air and left 92 ill yet the source remains a mystery despite a seven-year probe. FULL ARTICLE

SPRING GREEN (WKOW) — The Round Barn Lodge is temporarily closed has health officials investigate a possible outbreak of Legionella. The Sauk County Health Department on Tuesday confirmed two cases of Legionnaires’ Disease in guests who had stayed at the lodge. The two contracted the disease within 10-14 days of their stay at the lodge…. Read more »

MENTOR, Ohio — A case of Legionnaires’ disease has been reported in a resident at a nursing home in Mentor. A resident at Continuing Healthcare of Mentor was diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease after transferring from another facility, according to the Mentor nursing home.  The patient is stable and being treated at the Mentor facility.  Continuing… Read more »

Private care provider Bupa has won an appeal against a £3m fine over the death of pensioner at a nursing home. Kenneth Ibbetson, 86, died after contracting Legionnaire’s disease at Hutton Village care home in Brentwood, Essex, in June 2015. Bupa Care Homes (BNH) Ltd was fined last year at Ipswich Crown Court after it… Read more »