by SPL2020 | Sep 30, 2017 | Blog
by Dehlia Ricks September 30, 2007 The bacterial infection got its name 31 years ago, when dozens of attendees at an American Legion’s convention in Philadelphia came down with an inexplicable illness that caught experts off guard. To this day,...
by SPL2020 | Aug 15, 2017 | Blog
The deadline for comments on revisions to ASHRAE Guideline 12, Minimizing the Risk of Legionellosis Associated with Building Water Systems, is Monday, September 11. Guideline 12 provides practical information on controlling Legionella and implementing ANSI/ ASHRAE...
by SPL2020 | Aug 7, 2017 | Blog
Health officials across the state are trying to determine what’s causing a 143% increase in cases of Legionnaires’ disease, a respiratory infection that can be deadly, especially for people with weak immune systems. “In the warm months, there is an...
by SPL2020 | Aug 2, 2017 | Blog
July 30, 2017 12:00 AM By the Editorial Board / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Responsible for protecting us from threats and curing what ails us, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have a public respect accorded few other federal agencies. Sadly, the CDC...
by SPL2020 | Jul 27, 2017 | Blog
CDC was forced to correct journal article about Pittsburgh VA Legionnaires’ outbreak [EXCERPT FROM THE PITTSBURH POST-GAZETTE; Sean D. Hamill:shamill@post-gazette.com or 412-263-2579 or Twitter: @SeanDHamill.] The new head of the Centers for...
by SPL2020 | Jul 23, 2017 | Blog
Journal editor said Post-Gazette series led to the change [EXCERPT FROM THE PITTSBURH POST-GAZETTE; Sean D. Hamill:shamill@post-gazette.com or 412-263-2579 or Twitter: @SeanDHamill.] In a rare move, the federal Centers for Disease Control and...
by SPL2020 | Jul 20, 2017 | Blog
If prosecutors are looking for evidence to prove manslaughter charges against five government officials charged with the death of a man they say contracted Legionnaires’ disease from Flint water, they may have to look further than his death certificate. The...
by specialpathogenslab | Jul 7, 2017 | Blog
The Southwestern Veterans’ Center has confirmed it’s had low levels of Legionella bacteria in its water. Channel 11 learned there are still precautions being taken there with patients and staff drinking bottled water, while retesting is going on after low...
by SPL2020 | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog
A device used routinely in open chest surgery may have put many more patients at risk of infection from a rare but deadly form of bacteria than earlier believed, according to a study by a Pittsburgh researcher released Wednesday. The research, released at a...
by SPL2020 | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog
Big buildings, hot tubs and warm weather might have led to the conditions that resulted in several local cases of Legionnaires’ disease, medical and building experts said. A day after news broke of four cases of Legionnaires’ disease tied to two LA Fitness gyms...
by SPL2020 | Aug 10, 2016 | Blog
Learn more about the historic Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in WHYY’s Radio Times’ interview on August 1. Forty years ago, dozens of American Legion members fell ill with a mysterious disease. The 1976 annual...
by SPL2020 | Jul 6, 2016 | Blog
Older Americans are at higher risk for the bacterial pneumonia. by Lisa Esposito | Staff Writer July 6, 2016, at 9:26 a.m. Legionnaires’ disease is back on the rise, with several new outbreaks in June alone. A Hawaiian island resort, a Pittsburgh hospital...
