The key, somewhat garbled, statement here is that it’s primarily a disease that attacks people already compromised. It sounds ...

For the Mintos, they have five games to go in the regular season and sit four points out of the eighth and final playoff spot, while the Northern Bears are hot with a five-game win streak under their ...

Pontiac — Oakland County has detected Legionella at two more of its buildings following a shrinking presence of bacteria inside two other buildings that initially had issues. The county on Wednesday ...

Michigan health officials are investigating a case of Legionnaires’ disease at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich., CBS affiliate WWMT reported Jan. 28. Kalamazoo-based Bronson Healthcare ...

The New York City Health Department on Friday declared an end to an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem that killed seven people and sickened more than 100 others. The agency last ...

Legionella is a bacterium that occurs naturally in some aquatic environments and can proliferate in artificial installations such as pipework, cooling towers and ornamental fountains. When dispersed ...

The city’s Health Department announced Tuesday a third person has died as part of a growing cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases in central Harlem. As of Aug. 6, health officials have identified 70 ...

The county said they are now implementing remediation measures at the additional locations. Since early December, four Oakland County buildings have tested positive for the Legionella bacteria.

ATLANTA — The Atlanta VA Medical Center cleared a floor of patients after a Georgia veteran who died there this week tested positive for Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease.

ATLANTA — The Atlanta VA Health Care System said a veteran patient tested positive for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease. In a letter sent to staff Thursday, officials said the person who ...

HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) — Test results now show that Legionella bacteria were in the water system at one of Harlem’s largest apartment complexes. The New York City Health Department took the samples ...