A dozen public Baltimore buildings found Legionella bacteria in their water systems last year, but state law doesn’t have any ...
As the temperatures rise and winter becomes a distant memory, leading Legionella rapid testing expert Hydrohawk is reminding ...
Officials have contacted Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital where the person had been a patient and are dictating infection control measures that must be implemented at the facility, a DPH official said ...
HC Legionella is a water hygiene specialist focused on resolving Legionella control issues. Here, Claire Jackson shares an ...
Massachusetts health officials are investigating one case of health care-associated Legionnaires' disease involving a patient at a Boston-area hospital.
Massachusetts health officials are investigating a Legionnaires' disease case at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital.
About one out of every ten people who gets sick with Legionnaires' disease will die due to complications from their illness.
A class of antibiotics that target these enzymes, called carbapenems, is already available, but they haven't been tested as a treatment for chronic infection of Legionnaires' disease or Q fever.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has confirmed that a patient contracted Legionella bacteria while seeking treatment at the hospital, part of Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey ...
Legionella is not spread through person-to-person contact. Those at higher risk for infection are people 50 or older and those who have smoked or currently smoke, have chronic lung disease or a ...
Hydrosense has said that the risk of Legionella growth in water systems is increasing as the UK experiences warmer average temperatures due to climate change. The company has said that spring is often ...
Numerous legionella infections have been keeping Vorarlberg on tenterhooks for weeks. The search for the source of infection has been feverish. Now two sources of infection have been identified.