The bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease has been detected at the Veterans Affairs Loma Linda Healthcare System, ...

Quarterly testing revealed the bacteria in sinks, showers and water cooling towers at Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans ...

Legionnaires’ disease is caused by Legionella bacteria occurring naturally in freshwater environments and complex air conditioning cooling systems.

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora is encouraging all spa pool owners to regularly clean and maintain their pools, after a ...

During Flint’s contaminated water crisis in recent years, caused by a switch in water supply that triggered a swell of lead poisonings, the city simultaneously experienced outbreaks of Legionnaires’ ...

A heavily contaminated cooling tower at a plant in the Lower Rhine Valley was shut down 14 days ago and there have been no ...

Experts in disease prevention criticized Baltimore and Maryland’s response to Legionella bacteria found in public buildings across the city and state. “Rather than continuing to take a wait-a ...

Legionella is an atypical cause of community-acquired pneumonia that often presents with a prodrome of fever, malaise, fatigue, and occasionally diarrhea before respiratory symptoms. In patients with ...

Legionella pneumophila, the primary pathogen responsible for the majority of Legionnaires’ cases and the type of Legionella more likely to cause severe pneumonia, and non-pneumophila Legionella ...