When South African infectious disease specialist Lucille Blumberg checked her email on the morning of May 1, while the country was celebrating the Labor Day holiday, an urgent message caught her attention.
May 23, 2026
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Cruises are sold as floating holidays, but they are also useful for understanding public health. Cruise ships are carefully designed places where many people live, eat, relax and move through the same shared spaces for days ...
May 5, 2026
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A new study from researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how strategic changes in water treatment effectively treated a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. For the first time, the study, published ...
Feb 17, 2026
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Legionella is a bacterium that occurs naturally in some aquatic environments and can proliferate in artificial installations such as pipework, cooling towers and ornamental fountains. When dispersed in the form of aerosols, ...
Feb 5, 2026
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Signs posted around the George C. Young Federal Annex Courthouse in downtown Orlando warn court staff and visitors to be wary of the water because of the presence of the bacterium which causes Legionnaires' disease—the latest ...
Dec 23, 2025
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A study led by researchers at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) shows, in an experimental laboratory model, that delafloxacin inhibits the intracellular replication of Legionella more effectively than one ...
Dec 17, 2025
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There is a common misconception that legionella is only found in air conditioners and water towers, however, Griffith University research has found people are likely exposed to the bacteria through other sources, including ...
Sep 5, 2025
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A New York City hospital and another city-run building were sources for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Harlem that killed seven people and sickened dozens of others, health officials announced Friday.
Aug 30, 2025
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New York City health officials have discovered a seventh death linked to a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Central Harlem, where more than 100 people have been diagnosed with the ailment.
Aug 29, 2025
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An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York City this August has sickened more than 100 people and left five dead. Nationwide, reported cases of this severe form of pneumonia have risen significantly over the last 25 ...
Aug 28, 2025
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