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Legionnaires Disease

Legionella found in water at Berks County facility

  • Aug 12, 2025
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What to know about Legionnaires' disease

  • Aug 8, 2025

3 dead and at least 67 sick in NYC Legionnaires' cluster

  • Aug 6, 2025

1 dead and at least 22 sick from Legionnaires' disease cluster in NYC

  • Jul 31, 2025

4 cases of Legionnaires' disease identified in Camden County

  • Dec 17, 2022

NJ officials investigating Legionnaires' cases in Mercer Co.

  • Aug 29, 2022

CA couple battles Legionnaires' disease after stay at hotel

  • Aug 16, 2022

4th person dies from Legionnaires' disease in North Carolina

  • Oct 21, 2019

Latest Videos

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Legionella found in water at Berks County facility

  • Aug 12, 2025
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4 cases of Legionnaires' disease identified in Camden County

  • Dec 17, 2022
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New Jersey officials investigating Legionnaires' cases in Mercer County

  • Aug 29, 2022
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Hot Tub display linked to Legionnaires' outbreak in North Carolina

  • Oct 7, 2019
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Official: 1 death linked to Legionnaires' disease in Atlanta

  • Aug 7, 2019
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VIDEO: Water back on after Legionnaires scare at West Chester U.

  • Aug 24, 2015
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VIDEO: 10 now dead in Legionnaires' outbreak

  • Aug 6, 2015
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VIDEO: 7 dead in NYC Legionnaires' disease outbreak

  • Aug 4, 2015

Latest Stories

Hot tub display blamed Legionnaires' disease outbreak in North Carolina

North Carolina health officials think a hot tub display at a state fair was the source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak that killed one person and made 124 others sick.

  • Oct 7, 2019
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Water back on after Legionnaires' scare at West Chester Univ.

Classes are underway at West Chester University following a health scare. The bacteria that causes Legionnaires' Disease was recently discovered in nine campus buildings.

  • Aug 24, 2015

Glaxo plant quiet for 2nd day over Legionnaires' bacteria

A GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical plant is quiet for a second day after the company discovered the bacteria that causes potentially fatal Legionnaire's disease in a cooling tower.

  • Aug 12, 2015

12 now dead in Legionnaires' outbreak, as new cases slow

All New York City property owners ordered to test cooling towers as the death toll in the Legionnaires' outbreak has risen to 10.

  • Aug 10, 2015
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West Chester U. employee positive for Legionnaires' disease

Tests of cooling towers show unacceptably high levels of the legionella bacteria at 8 campus buildings, including Main Hall and the Sykes Student Union.

  • Jul 30, 2015