Legionnaires outbreak linked to car wash May 22, 2008
Victoria's chief health officer will consult the car wash industry about an outbreak of Legionnaires disease, linked to a car wash in Hoppers Crossing, near Werribee, west of Melbourne. Six men and a woman who used the car wash in Old Geelong Road, are recovering after contracting Legionnaires over the past month. (ABC Online)
Carrefour ventilation May 10, 2008
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Bureaucracy Hampers an E. Coli Weapon May 7, 2008
21 French supermarket chains Carrefour () and Monoprix () began alerting consumers that more than two tons of ground meat infected with E. coli bacteria had been sold in stores throughout France. One of the country's top food preparation companies, , revealed that routine tests run on meat prepared on Mar. (BusinessWeek)
Legionnaire's disease strikes down 3 May 6, 2008
Legionnaire's disease strikes down 3 - National - theage ... Legionnaire's disease strikes down 3 ... auAAP2008-05-05Legionnaire's disease strikes down 3National. (The Age)
Three people get legionnaires' disease May 5, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. May 5, 2008 - 4:54PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Long-awaited Casa Real now open Apr 22, 2008
Business had dropped off after several cases of Legionnaires disease were traced to bacterium in the restaurant s decorative indoor fountain, which was immediately removed. Casa Del Rey s owners, Jerry Willits and Dave Henry, sold the land to Walgreens, and a new drug store was built on the site. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
'Low risk' of further bug deaths Apr 20, 2008
Visitors to a leisure resort where deadly bacteria have been found are being reassured the risk of contracting Legionnaire's disease is low ... Symptoms of Legionnaire's disease include a high fever, sweating, severe headache, shortness of breath, pain in the side of the chest, a dry cough or one with greenish, thick mucous, and muscle aches and pains. (BBC News)
Piperdam outbreak: advice on killer bug Apr 19, 2008
Evening Telegraph: News. Hundreds of letters from NHS Tayside have been sent to staff, club members and recent visitors to Piperdam Golf and Leisure Resort, issuing advice on the Legionnaires disease outbreak at the facility, near Dundee (writes Alan Wilson). (Evening Telegraph)
Bid to trace guests following case of Legionnaires Apr 18, 2008
EFFORTS are being made to trace more than 200 people who stayed at a Scottish leisure resort visited by a victim of Legionnaire's disease shortly before his death. Legionella bacteria have been found in a shower head and hot tub in a lodge at Piperdam Golf and Leisure Resort near Dundee. (The Herald)
Legionella bacteria at police complex Apr 17, 2008
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Deadly bacteria found at resort Apr 17, 2008
Page last updated at 16:23 GMT, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 17:23 UK. Legionella bacteria were found in a shower head and hot tub. (BBC News -- UK)
'Legion' bug alert at resort after death of visitor Apr 17, 2008
By RUSSELL JACKSON PART of a leisure resort was closed yesterday after the bacteria which causes the deadly Legionnaire's disease was found on the site ... "The golf resort, gym, restaurant, bar and fishing facilities remained open.Symptoms of Legionnaire's disease include high fever with sweating, severe headache, shortness of breath, pain in the side of the chest and muscle aches.It is caught by inhaling infected water droplets.The incubation period for the disease ranges from two to 10... (Scotsman)
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Legionnaire's bacteria found in Vic Police office Apr 16, 2008
There have been 11 cases of Legionnaires disease in Victoria this year. Five of them have been associated with cooling towers. (ABC Online)
Feds try to cut costs of hospital errors Apr 15, 2008
Legionnaire's disease, which occurred in 351 cases. Medicare's policy often sets precedent for private insurers, and many of them have already begun to adopt their own never-event policies. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Health Dept. Gives Hotel Correction Plan Apr 10, 2008
Officials shut down the Cortina Inn in Mendon last week after a guest contracted the Legionnaires Disease, which has flu like symptoms. And they believe two other guests may have contracted it as well in recent months. (WCAX.com, VT)
4th case of Legionnaires' diagnosed in tourist who stayed at ... Apr 6, 2008
4th case of Legionnaires' diagnosed in tourist who stayed at Orlando hotel -- Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Universal Orlando -- OrlandoSentinel. 5:41 PM EDT, April 4, 2008. (Orlando Sentinel)
Court rules against billboard regulation Apr 5, 2008
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Did maverick magazine mogul Felix Dennis murder a man 25 years ago? Apr 3, 2008
Did maverick magazine mogul Felix Dennis murder a man 25 years ago. POSH'S FLARE(S) FOR FASHION. (Daily Mail)
Tests confirm 3rd case of Legionnaire's disease in Orlando Mar 23, 2008
Tests confirm 3rd case of Legionnaires' disease in Orlando -- OrlandoSentinel. Tests confirm 3rd case of Legionnaires' disease in Orlando. (Orlando Sentinel)
Legionnaires' disease strikes 2 while visiting - hotel guests moved Mar 17, 2008
Legionnaires' disease strikes 2 visitors; hotel moves guests -- OrlandoSentinel. Legionnaires' disease strikes 2 visitors; hotel moves guests. (Orlando Sentinel)
SPRING BREAKOUT: Orlando Hotel Evacuated Over Legionnaires' Disease... Mar 15, 2008
Hotel Closes Over Legionnaires' Disease - Health News Story - WKMG Orlando. Marketplace+++Extras++++Site ToolsLocal 6. (The Drudge Report)
Philly finds 56 drugs in its water Mar 15, 2008
Secondary Navigation. By JEFF DONN, AP National Writer Tue Mar 11, 3:29 PM ET. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Legionnaires' Disease Discovered at RGH Feb 25, 2008
February 25, 2008 - 6:59 AM Sub-Navigation. Reported by: Susan Ashline Email: Last Update: 6:02 am. (WOKR13 Rochester)
Scare Pool Chiefs Lied Feb 14, 2008
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Worldwide-distributed Clone Of Bacteria Responsible For Legionnaire's Disease Identified Feb 13, 2008
Legionnaire's disease is characterized by severe pneumonia, afflicting the elderly and individuals with weakened immune responses in particular. While L. pneumophila, a genetically diverse species and one of many Legionella species, is common in natural and drinking water supplies, the majority of Legionnaire's disease cases worldwide (approximately 84%) are caused by a single serogroup, L. pneumophila Sg1 ... As the prevalence of Sg1 in Legionnaire's disease cases does not appear to be a result... (Science Daily)
Swimming pool shut after man falls ill with legionella Feb 13, 2008
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE: The facilities were closed yesterday at Hamilton Water Palace. A public swimming pool has been closed after a man was admitted to hospital suffering from Legionnaires' disease, health chiefs said last night. (The Herald)
Metro Briefs Jan 31, 2008
Issue date: 1/31/08 Section. The family of a woman who died of Legionnaires' disease two years ago filed a lawsuit against the state of Iowa on Monday, asserting that the UI Hospitals and Clinics is responsible for her death. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Industrial Air Scrubbers May Spread Disease Jan 23, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An industrial pollution-control air scrubber in Sarpsborg, Norway has been identified as the source of an outbreak of Legionnaires disease that occurred in May 2005, according to health officials who investigated the outbreak. Legionnaires disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by bacteria in water droplets ... "Case patients" living close to a particular industrial air scrubber (up to 1 kilometer away) had the highest "risk ratio" for Legionnaires disease and... (MEDLINEplus)
• Surgeon Takes A Scalpel To Words Dec 9, 2007
" He has looked death in the eye. In 1991, he contracted Legionnaire's disease while traveling, and one day suddenly stopped breathing. The doctors at Yale put him into a coma to save his life. After 29 days, he awoke. His novel, "Raising the Dead," recounts that experience. He does not believe in God or the afterlife. But the spiritual pervades his work. Selzer likes to quote a hospital chaplain from Texas who once said, within earshot: "He may not have God but God has him. " The sacred, for... (FOX61, CT)
Legionnaire's Bacterial Proteins Work Together To Survive Oct 27, 2007
26, 2007) Proteins within the bacteria that cause Legionnaire's disease can kidnap their own molecular "coffin" and carry it to a safe place within the cell, ensuring their survival, Yale School of Medicine researchers reported in Nature ... Legionnaire's disease acquired its name in 1976 when an outbreak of pneumonia occurred among people attending a convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia. (Science Daily)
Legionnaire's Disease Kills Three L.I. Seniors Sep 27, 2007
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Three dead from Legionnaires' disease Sep 27, 2007
BY DELTHIA RICKS AND CHRISTINA HERNANDEZ. 9:47 PM EDT, September 26, 2007. (Newsday -- Business)
Diseases may have no place to hide Sep 23, 2007
Eventually he realized each slide contained strange, rod-shaped organisms that turned out to be the bacteria that later would be named "Legionella," the cause of Legionnaire's disease. The same search can now be done in seconds. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Texas teen battles back from mystery illness Sep 23, 2007
dozen or more possible explanations Rocky Mountain spotted fever, West Nile virus, Legionnaires disease, Lyme disease, Q fever, tuberculosis, adenovirus, hantavirus and more. As long as it s not the hantavirus, we ll be OK, Bob tells Donna. (KHOU.com, TX)
A British Tourist has died from Legionnaires disease Sep 12, 2007
September 11th, 2007 by Peter In Sections. The holiday maker was traveling with Glasgow-based Caledonian Travel, infection experts say that it could have either been a shower or whirlpool that was contaminated and blamed for the disease. (Product Reviews)
27 years ago, the violence-drenched film 'Cruising' sparked outrage in the gay community. How will the movie, set for DVD release, play to today's audiences? Sep 6, 2007
It was another two years before The Chronicle reported on "a pneumonia that strikes gay males" (June 6, 1981) and the Washington Post described a "medical mystery that appears to be on the scale of the toxic shock syndrome or Legionnaire's disease" (Aug. 30, 1981). (San Francisco Chronicle)
Siminski returns to work Tuesday Sep 3, 2007
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Siminski to make return to council Sep 3, 2007
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Environmental Tests Help Predict Hospital-acquired Legionnaires' Disease Risk Aug 24, 2007
A new study spearheaded by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has determined that environmental monitoring of institutional water systems can help to predict the risk of hospital-acquired Legionella pneumonia, better known as Legionnaires' disease. Reported recently in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the 20-hospital study also calls for reconsideration of the current national infection-control policy to include routine testing of hospital water systems for... (Science Daily)
Study finds environmental tests help predict hospital-acquired Legionnaires' disease risk Aug 23, 2007
Public release date: 22-Aug-2007. Contact: Michele Baum. (EurekAlert!)
No all-clear on foot and mouth Aug 13, 2007
By Graham TibbettsLast Updated: 3:10am BST 13/08/2007. Farmers were warned yesterday they will have to wait until the end of the week before the all clear can be sounded on the foot and mouth outbreak. (Telegraph.co.uk)
One dead in Legionnaires outbreak Aug 13, 2007
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Insider reveals lax security at bio-lab Aug 12, 2007
Percy Ravate, a contract worker, was struck down with life-threatening Legionnaires disease, which he believes he caught while repairing pipework at the Pirbright complex in Surrey ... Ravate is convinced he contracted Legionnaires disease while working at the institute in June. (Times Online)
Pirbright worker contracts legionnaires' disease Aug 11, 2007
Matthew TaylorThursday August 9, 2007. A sign outside the Institute for Animal Health in Pirbright, near Guilford. (Guardian Unlimited)
Legionnaire's disease linked to U.K. animal lab Aug 10, 2007
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British farmers express cautious optimism after restrictions are relaxed Aug 10, 2007
Published: August 9, 2007. LONDON: British farmers reacted with some relief Thursday to the government's relaxation of the ban on the movement of livestock, which presented a first sign that the spread of foot-and-mouth disease found in southern England was coming under control. (International Herald Tribune)
New foot-and-mouth case suspected Aug 10, 2007
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New foot and mouth case suspected Aug 10, 2007
New case of foot and mouth suspected in Surrey. Farm outside surveillance zone is at centre of scare Defra officials await results of medical tests on cattle. (Guardian Unlimited)
Health officials probe source of illness Aug 9, 2007
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CDTA aims to fix sanitation risk Aug 9, 2007
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Legionnaires' Probe At Foot And Mouth Lab Aug 9, 2007
More from Sky News on Channel 501. Legionnaires' Probe At Surrey Lab. (Sky News)
Officials search for source of Siminski's illness Aug 9, 2007
Officials search for source of Siminski's illness. Weather Sponsored By. (Santa Maria Times)
Full text: HPA statement Aug 9, 2007
Thursday August 9, 2007. The Health Protection Agency can confirm that its Surrey health protection unit is involved in an investigation, with the Health and Safety Executive and local environmental health officers, of a reported case of legionnaires' disease with alleged links to the Institute of Animal Health at Pirbright, in Surrey. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Q&A: legionnaires' disease Aug 9, 2007
David BattyThursday August 9, 2007. What is legionnaires' disease. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Siminski may be suffering from Legionnaires' disease Aug 5, 2007
Siminski may be suffering from Legionnaires' disease. Updated Sunday, August 05, 2007. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Cruise passengers have Legionnaires' disease Aug 3, 2007
Legionnaires disease is a potentially fatal form of pneumonia that usually affects middle-aged or elderly people. The symptoms are similar to those of flu, and include feeling feverish, muscle pain, headaches and a cough. (Times Online)
Cruise passengers test positive for legionnaires' disease Jul 31, 2007
Staff and agenciesTuesday July 31, 2007. Two British passengers on a Baltic cruise have tested positive for legionnaires' disease, it was confirmed today. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Liner returns to UK after legionnaires' scare Jul 30, 2007
Staff and agenciesMonday July 30, 2007. A cruise liner hit by a suspected outbreak of legionnaires' disease is due to return to Britain today. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Legionnaires' fear on cruise ship Jul 29, 2007
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Mark Linda to hang 'em up after nearly 30 years Jul 17, 2007
They include Lyme disease, West Nile Virus and Legionnaire's disease. By far the most devastating, though, was the advent of AIDS in the 1980s. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Third victim tests positive for Legionnaire's Jul 5, 2007
A THIRD person has tested positive for Legionnaire's disease in an outbreak thought to centre on a Highland hotel's jacuzzi. It was confirmed on Tuesday that a man and a woman in their sixties were being treated after contracting the bug. (Scotsman)
Celebrity Cruises awarded $15.2 million for lost profits in Legionnaires' disease case Jun 30, 2007
2 million for lost profits in Legionnaires' disease case. Celebrity Cruises awarded $15. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Hospitals urged to exercise greater vigilance over their water systems in summer months Jun 28, 2007
Public release date: 27-Jun-2007. Contact: Marcia Katz. (EurekAlert!)
Doctor denies floods-legionella link Jun 26, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. June 26, 2007 - 8:49PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
