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Read more →The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention closed several buildings it leases in Atlanta because Legionella bacteria have been found in their water systems, the organization said Sunday. No one has reported feeling ill to date, the CDC said. The bacteria likely grew during the prolonged pandemic
Read more →Commercial buildings shuttered for weeks to stem the spread of the coronavirus could fuel another grisly lung infection: Legionnaires’ disease. Public health experts urged landlords across the globe to carefully re-open buildings to prevent outbreaks of the severe, sometimes lethal, form of pneumonia. The sudden and sweeping
Read more →Faced with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that has sickened 124 people and caused one death, North Carolina health officials say they’ve traced the source to a fair that was held last month. In particular, they say, people were more likely to develop the pneumonia-type disease if
Read more →Schools in multiple states are tearing out water fountains and old faucets after finding elevated levels of lead in their drinking water. Indiana tested 915 schools in recent months and found that 61% had one or more fixtures with elevated lead levels. Schools in Colorado and Florida,
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After Michigan’s governor announced the state will stop providing free bottled water to residents of Flint — afflicted four years ago by lead-tainted drinking water — churches and charities said Monday they’re bracing for a surge in people seeking help. “Normally we give out whatever a family wants,” said
Read more →Disneyland has shut down two bacteria-contaminated cooling towers after Orange County health officials discovered several cases of Legionnaires’ disease in people who had visited the Anaheim theme park, authorities said. Twelve cases of the bacteria-caused illness were discovered about three weeks ago among people who had spent time
Read more →THE ISSUE Gov. Tom Wolf proposed last week that every Pennsylvania child under age 2 be tested for lead poisoning. As LNP reported, the governor called on the state Department of Health to work with the General Assembly and community partners to draft legislation to require
Read more →The Florida Department of Health has confirmed four cases of Legionnaires’ disease at two LA Fitness gyms in central Florida’s Orange County, CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG reports. Tony Smith said he has been going to LA Fitness for more than a year, and now he’s concerned about getting
Read more →HICAGO (AP) — Taxpayers are still paying landlords as dozens of children are being poisoned by brain-damaging lead while living in homes and apartments declared safe by the Chicago Housing Authority. Federal law requires the CHA to inspect subsidized homes before families move in and at least
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