Learn symptoms, risks, and prevention for Legionnaires’ disease at home and in health care, from water temps to device ...

Design choices and material selection can create conditions for biofilm growth, despite low-aerosol assumptions.

The Alliance to Prevent Legionnaires' Disease (APLD) applauds the Maryland House Environment and Transportation Committee for ...

Legionella pneumophila is a waterborne pathogen found in natural and man-made water systems. The Legionella bacteria was first identified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in 1976, ...

Legionella is a bacterium that occurs naturally in some aquatic environments and can proliferate in artificial installations ...

Experts in disease prevention criticized Baltimore and Maryland’s response to Legionella bacteria found in public buildings across the city and state. “Rather than continuing to take a wait-a[nd]-see ...

Legionnaires’ disease is spreading this summer in the eastern United States with a deadly outbreak killing three people and sickening at least 67 more in New York City. The serious form of pneumonia ...

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The cost to remediate and prevent Legionella bacteria is mostly for faucet and drinking fountain filters at Oakland County's ...

Legionella has been confirmed in the water supply, but not a larger outbreak. Remediation could take months or longer.

The county announced it detected two positive samples at the North Oakland Health Center and two at the county's Resource and ...