Legionnaires’ — United States
Officials from the California Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections are investigating the presence of deadly Legionnaires’ disease bacteria at a Central Valley prison. Last month [March 2019], one inmate at the California Health Care Facility in Stockton (CHCF) died of the disease — considered a severe form of pneumonia — and a 2nd inmate tested positive for the bacteria but is now in stable condition.
Corrections officials had thought the bacteria were isolated to one housing unit
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