legionnaire’s disease

Two more people are dead after hot tub spreads Legionnaires’ disease at state fair

October 21st, 2019

Mike Wehner

Earlier this month the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued an update to its ongoing investigation into an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease linked to a hot tub display at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair. At the time, health officials knew of 134 confirmed cases, including 88 individuals who needed hospital care …

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Hot tub display at North Carolina fair kills 2 after infecting 134 with Legionnaires’ disease

October 13th, 2019

Mike Wehner

A display of hot tubs at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair is being blamed for well over 100 cases of Legionnaires’ disease that began popping up shortly after the event. In an update to a bulletin issued by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, the startling statistics are laid bare. Thus …

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Nearly two dozen cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been traced to Disneyland

December 6th, 2018

Mike Wehner

A trip to Disneyland is supposed to be a wondrous journey to the land of make-believe but health officials now believe that the magical park was actually making people sick. In late 2017, Disneyland visitors began to come down with Legionnaires’ disease, which is a bacterial infection that produces pneumonia-like symptoms. Health officials in Florida …