November 11, 2015
It’s Veterans Day, 2015 – an apt occasion upon which to reflect not only upon the sacrifices which American veterans have made for our country, but also upon the allegations that have come to light over the last year of…
October 29, 2015
St. Joseph’s Health Center in Syracuse, New York is coming under fire from multiple directions for not having revealed, when announcing last week that the Legionella pneumonia bacteria had been isolated in their hospital water systems, that this investigation and…
October 27, 2015
Update (10/29/2015): A fifth person who visited the Wenatchee Safeway is now confirmed to have contracted Legionnaires’ Disease and is currently hospitalized at Central Washington Hospital. Four people have contracted Legionnaires’ disease (legionellosis) in an outbreak that may have been…
October 18, 2015
Two lawsuits placed by victims of a 2009 workplace outbreak of Legionnaires Disease were remanded back to the trial courts last Friday, October 15th, in a landmark decision by Wisconsin’s District IV Court of Appeals. As reported by Reedsburg Times…
October 16, 2015
2 patients were sickened by the Legionella bacteria last month (mid-September 2015) at Rhode Island Hospital, the same facility responsible for two earlier community-transmitted cases of water-borne Legionnaires’ Disease in November 2014. After last year’s autumn breakout, it was reported…
October 13, 2015
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) report for September (Weeks 36 through 39, August 31 through September 27) lists 285 cases of diagnosed Legionellosis being reported across the United States and New York City…
October 5, 2015
One person has died and at least 12 others are still ill due to the second outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease to occur within the last two months in the Bronx New York. The first case of what is considered to…
September 3, 2015
There are 43 confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease (Legionella pneumonia), including 8 deaths, in Quincy, Illinois, according to The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Adams County Health Department (ACHD). Of the 43, 39 of these cases and…
August 25, 2015
You may have a personal injury or wrongful death claim against the Opera House Hotel if you or your loved one was diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease in July or August of 2015, and you were in the affected area of…
July 11, 2015
The Marriott SpringHill Suites Hotel in Altamonte Springs, Florida, is being investigated as the possible source of a Legionnaires’ disease (LD) outbreak. According to news reports, the Florida Department of Health began the investigation after the CDC notified the department…
May 13, 2015
In the last part of April and first days of May, 2015, an unusually high number of legionellosis cases in Upstate New York and Ohio were reported to the CDC, according to the MMWR. Doctors and hospitals reported 17 cases…
February 18, 2015
Legionnaires’ Disease (LD), also called legionellosis, causes a severe type of pneumonia (lung infection) that often involves other organs, including the brain and heart. People contract LD by breathing in water mist containing Legionella bacteria. What is Legionella? Legionella is…