(WXYZ) — Officials with the Macomb County Health Department and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service are investigating what may be seven possible cases of Legionnaires’ Disease at McLaren Macomb Hospital. The cases have been reported since late July, with six of the seven cases being reported since mid September. FULL ARTICLE

Jack Proud wants to dance again. The 93-year-old nicknamed Jumpin’ Jack was still active before legionnaires’ disease sent him to hospital in August. He’s in the rehabilitation unit at the Moncton Hospital, and he’s starting to walk again. Proud is among 16 people in the Moncton area who became ill this summer during an outbreak of the severe… Read more »

EAST LANSING, MI. (WILX) — Michigan State University is waiting on test results to confirm that the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s disease has been eliminated. MSU officials confirmed levels of Legionella bacteria were detected Thursday in a cooling tower at the university’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.  Technicians spent the weekend sanitizing the cooling tower.  Fred Woodhams, a… Read more »

This month, microbes were found in a plethora of animals and plants. Starting with the mammals, a group of researchers discovered a new Actinobacillus species that they are naming Actinobacillus vicugnae. Actinobacillus species infect a range of animals, including sheep, pigs, horses, cattle and birds, but this novel species was isolated from alpaca (Vicugna pacos) living in the UK…. Read more »

The premature babies were being treated in a neonatal intensive care unit when they were infected. Five other babies were also sickened. Officials with the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., said they did not yet know the source of the infections, which occurred over several months starting in July. The hospital said it was… Read more »

Beaumont Hospital has released a statement saying a patient at the hospital has been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. The statement reads as follows: A patient in our community was recently diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. That individual was a patient at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. The safety of our patients, families and staff is our top… Read more »

Western North Carolina’s current outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease is part of a nationwide trend, one researchers say will continue until government officials mandate more regulation of key water systems. “Stop letting patients and others be the canary in the coal mine,” said Dr. Janet Stout, president of the Special Pathogens Laboratory in Pittsburgh. “We shouldn’t… Read more »

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Environmental and public health experts agree that proactive water management plans, stronger policies, collaboration, communication and regulation are needed to stop the rapidly increasing number of Legionnaires’ disease cases and outbreaks. Representatives from public health agencies, water utilities, water industry organizations, regulatory bodies and academia were among 360 international attendees at Legionella Conference 2019,… Read more »

Officials from the State Health Department report 83 confirmed cases, one of them fatal. Of the 83 cases, the NCDHHS say 55 had to be hospitalized. In addition, the Henderson County Facebook page is asking anyone who attended the Mountain State Fair between Sept 6-15, 2019, to participate in a survey; even those who are… Read more »

An estimated 2.3 million people are affected by the ongoing drought in southern Angola’s Namibe, Huila, Bie and Cunene provinces, nearly half a million of whom are children under 5 years old. The failure of this year’s rainy season in the first three months of the year decimated crops and livestock. In Cunene province alone,… Read more »