Legionnaires disease

• As health officials find the bacteria which cause Legionnaires' disease in yet another Las Vegas hotel, MGM execs scramble to do damage control.
(HULIQ.com)
• NHS Lanarkshire has been fined £24,000 over health and safety breaches which saw a woman get Legionnaires Disease. The 64-year-old developed the condition while being treated at Hartwoodhill Hospital in November 2008.
(BBC News)
• An outbreak of legionnaires' disease at a Wisconsin hospital has health officials warning of a new potential source of legionella bacteria: wall water fountains. The outbreak affected eight patients in 2010.
(Toronto Star)
• Fountains and water walls can be sources of calm, of negative ions that improve the moods of those around them.
(CBC)
• Health officials in Las Vegas said Monday that the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease was found in water samples at the Luxor hotel-casino this month after a guest died of the form of pneumonia.
(Time)
• "We were at the Bellevue in Philadelphia. All of his drummers and singers got Legionnaires Disease. They were really sick. They came and told me I'd have to play, and there was a whole crew of backups.
(Shore News Today)
• LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada health officials say the bacteria that causes Legionnaires disease was found in water samples at the Luxor hotel-casino in Las Vegas this month after a guest died of the form of pneumonia.
(KTUU)
• Health officials in Las Vegas say the bacteria that causes Legionnaires disease was found in water samples at the Luxor hotel-casino this month after a guest died of the form of pneumonia.
(San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
• The utility responded after it emerged that higher than accepted levels of the bacteria, which can cause legionnaires' disease – a type of pneumonia – were found in the Princess Elizabeth Hospital's water supply.
(Guernsey Press)