NJ Suffers Unusual Legionnaires Outbreak in Two Counties

An unusually unseasonal outbreak of Legionnaires disease in two New Jersey counties has led to an investigation by the state’s Health Department. The outbreak, which has occurred in Middlesex and Union Counties, has thus far resulted in 21 confirmed cases of the disease. The potential cause of the current outbreak…
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Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Leads to One Death, Eleven Illnesses

Eleven people have been sickened, and one person is dead, after an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Napa County, California. After testing, a cooling tower at a hotel in Napa County was found to have a large amount of the Legionella bacteria, and the tower was shut down as a…
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Deadly Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Australia

{1:15 minutes to read} Legionnaires’ Disease is truly a global public health risk. In the latest outbreak, nine cases, with one death, occurred in Sydney, Australia. Australian health authorities have concluded the victims were exposed to Legionella bacteria in Sydney’s Central Business District. Although the health department reported that it…
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