The Adorable Rubber Ducky Is Actually a Haven for Nasty Bacteria, Scientists Say
(BERN, Switzerland) — Scientists now have the dirt on the rubber ducky: Those cute yellow bath-time toys are — as some parents have long suspected — a haven for nasty bugs.
Swiss and American researchers counted the microbes swimming inside the toys and say the murky liquid released when ducks were squeezed contained “potentially pathogenic bacteria” in four out of the five toys studied.
The bacteria found included Legionella and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium that is “often implicated in hospital-acquired infections.”
The study by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Scienc...
Source: TIME: Health - March 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Frank Jordans and Jamey Keaten / AP Tags: Uncategorized APH healthytime onetime public health Source Type: news
Measurement chip detects Legionella
(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) In an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, finding the exact source as quickly as possible is essential to preventing further infections. To date, a standard analysis takes days. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich have now developed a rapid test that achieves the same result in about 35 minutes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 22, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Woman: Governor, Officials Caused 'Catastrophic' Health Crisis In Flint, Mich.
DETROIT - A woman on March 2 sued Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his administration and a local hospital in Michigan federal court, seeking declaratory relief and monetary damages for causing "a catastrophic public health crisis" that led to the death of her mother, by exposing her and all of the residents of the city of Flint, Mich., to drinking water that was contaminated with Legionella bacteria (Cholyonda Brown v. Governor Rick Snyder, et al., No. 18-10726, E.D. Mich.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - March 20, 2018 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
Chlorine levels help detect risk for disease outbreak
Scientists studying the Flint water crisis reported a link between the risk for Legionnaires’ disease and decreased levels of chlorine. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - March 2, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Car washes could spread Legionnaires' disease
EXCLUSIVE Two men became seriously ill with Legionnaires' disease after inhaling infected water droplets from separate car washes in Italy. The same risk applies in the UK, an expert warns. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Car washes could spread Legionnaire's disease
EXCLUSIVE Two men became seriously ill with Legionnaires' disease after inhaling infected water droplets from separate car washes in Italy. The same risk applies in the UK, an expert warns. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Research Reveals New Information Regarding Flint Water Crisis
Research team finds majority of Legionnaires disease cases that occurred during 2014-15 outbreak in Genesee County, Michigan, attributed to change in of the City of Flint drinking water supply to the Flint River (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - February 7, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: Food Security Source Type: news
Report reveals bacterial outbreak caused by Flint's water
Researchers from Colorado State University linked Flint's water crisis to a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in 2014 and 2015. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study on cause of Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Flint led by CSU researchers
(Colorado State University) An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in 2014-15 in Flint, Mich., was likely caused by a change in the city's drinking water supply, according to a study led by Colorado State University researchers. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 6, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Research presents new information about the Flint water crisis
(Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research) The Flint Area Community Health and Environment Partnership research team found that the majority of Legionnaires' disease cases that occurred during the 2014-15 outbreak in Genesee County, Mich., can be attributed to the change in of the City of Flint's drinking water supply to the Flint River. The researchers also found that the specific strain of Legionella isolated from Flint residences as part of FACHEP's sampling in 2016 is not readily detected by common diagnostic tests for Legionella. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Managing Legionella and Other Pathogens in Building Water Systems
May 9-11, 2018; Baltimore, MD. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - February 2, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Legionnaires' disease: guidance, data and analysis
This Guidance Collection, covering the symptoms, diagnosis, management, surveillance and epidemiology of Legionnaires ' disease was updated in December 2017. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Weather-Dependent Risk for Legionnaires' Disease Weather-Dependent Risk for Legionnaires' Disease
Does the risk for Legionnaires ' disease increase with warm and humid weather?Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Legionella found in teaching trust's water system
Eleven water outlets in an East Kent hospital have tested positive for legionella after a patient developed Legionnaire’s disease. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - December 11, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
YSPH study finds link between Legionnaires' disease and CT watersheds
Contamination of the Naugatuck and Quinebaug watersheds in Connecticut may be responsible for a rise in cases of Legionnaires ' disease in the state. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - December 5, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
