Disneyland Shuts Cooling Towers Over Legionnaires
Patients reportedly contracted lung disease from popular amusement park. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Legionnaires' disease in Lisbon hospital kills two, 32 infected
LISBON (Reuters) - An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a large Lisbon hospital has killed two people and made at least another 32 sick since it was first detected a week ago, Portugal's health authority DGS said on Tuesday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
At Least 12 Hospitalized In Queens Because Of Legionnaires ’ Disease
The waterborne bacterial infection kills about one in 10 patients who contract it, according to the CDC. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Legionnaires ’ Disease Outbreak Hits Long Island, New York
As of Saturday, one patient had died, two remained hospitalized, and seven had been released from the hospital (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - October 12, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine, Infections, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pulmonology, Institutional, Source Type: news
Michigan to Charge Top Medical Official in Flint Water Deaths Michigan to Charge Top Medical Official in Flint Water Deaths
Michigan ' s top medical official will be charged with involuntary manslaughter for her role in the city of Flint ' s water crisis, which was linked to an outbreak of Legionnaires ’ disease that caused at least 12 deaths, state prosecutors said on Monday.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Pathogen-induced mitochondrial fragmentation
Legionella pneumophila promotes activation of the mitochondrial fission machinery to metabolically reprogram host macrophages. (Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment)
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - October 3, 2017 Category: Science Authors: VanHook, A. M. Tags: STKE Editors ' Choice Source Type: news
Fatal Legionnaires' outbreak at Ludlow hotel
One guest died and another recovered after contracting legionella bacteria identified at the hotel. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 13, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The bacteria responsible for legionellosis modulates the host cell metabolism to its advantage
(Institut Pasteur) Scientists at the Institut Pasteur, CNRS and Inserm, together with a team from Switzerland, have shown that the bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila has developed a specific strategy to target the host cell mitochondria, the organelles in charge of cellular bioenergetics. This work provides precious information on how a pathogen manipulates the cellular metabolism to replicate intracellularly, and proposes a new concept of protection of host cells from Legionella-induced mitochondrial changes in order to fight infection. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 6, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Stainless steel sinks increase the risk of Legionnaires'
Researchers from the Netherlands, including the Regional Public Health Laboratory Kennemerland, found the growth of bacteria responsible for Legionnaires' is highest in stainless steel taps. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Add Legionella to Your Differential Diagnosis for Pneumonia Add Legionella to Your Differential Diagnosis for Pneumonia
Don ' t forget to consider Legionella as a cause of hospital-acquired pneumonia. It ' s more common and deadlier than some may realize.Medscape Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Commentary Source Type: news
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Drug labels for the Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF & alpha;) blockers now include warnings about infection with Legionella and Listeria bacteria
[9-07-2011] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing healthcare professionals that the Boxed Warning for the entire class of Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF α) blockers has been updated to include the risk of infection from two bacterial pathogens, Legionella and Listeria. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - August 4, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Holiday warning: Run your taps when you return home to avoid deadly Legionnaire's disease
HOLIDAY blues commonly greet you when you return home from a trip away, but so can a lung infection. Avoid the potentially fatal Legionnaire's disease - caused by Legionella bacteria - by running your taps for five minutes before using them. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Holiday warning: Run your taps when you return home to avoid deathly Legionnaire's disease
HOLIDAY blues commonly greet you when you return home from a trip away, but so can a lung infection. Avoid the potentially fatal Legionnaire's disease - caused by Legionella bacteria - by running your taps for five minutes before using them. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why that holiday cold could be MUCH worse than you think
Kevin Dick, a 54-year-old sales manager from Inverness, caught Legionnaires on holiday in Thailand with his wife Linda in May. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 31, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Holiday warning: Do this when you return home to avoid deathly lung infection
HOLIDAY blues commonly greet you when you return home from a trip away, but so can a lung infection. Avoid the potentially fatal Legionnaire's disease - caused by Legionella bacteria - by running your taps for five minutes before using them. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 31, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
