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 »

Three Legionella-like strains, designed km488T, km489 and km521, were isolated from freshwater samples in China. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped and non-spore-forming. Growth was observed on BCYEα agar, but not on BCYEα agar without l-cysteine, chocolate agar with PolyViteX or Columbia blood agar. The major fatty acids (>5 %) of strains km488T, km489 and km521 were C16 : 0,… Read more »

A record 9,933 cases of Legionellosis — including both Legionnaires’ disease and the milder Pontiac fever — occurred nationwide in 2018, according to CDC data published  Nov. 4.  This figure represents a dramatic jump from the 6,100 cases reported in 2016 and reflects a more than eight-fold increase over the last two decades. The true tally could be even… Read more »

Before a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at an agricultural fair in western North Carolina last month, no one in the area had any idea of the damage to come. Fairgoers and state health officials alike were oblivious to the health risk that lurked in the plumbing of the Davis Event Center, the structure at… Read more »

Carlsberg’s Fredericia brewery was selected as a test site for its first total water recycling plant. This plant will reduce average water consumption at the brewery from the current 2.9 hl of water per hl of beer to 1.4 hl of water per hl of beer, which will make it the first brewery to virtually eliminate water waste…. Read more »

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) is accepting applications and seeking technical experts to participate on a task group relating to Legionella for mechanical systems. Those interested in participating on the Legionella Task Group can apply at the following URL: http://forms.iapmo.org/iapmo/committee/app_task_group.aspx.  The deadline to apply is Dec. 6. FULL ARTICLE