Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Legionellosis – USA (15): (IL) fatal, veterans home, update, RFI

PRO/EDR> Legionellosis – USA (15): (IL) fatal, veterans home, update, RFI

Legionnaires' -- United StatesThe number of legionnaires' disease infections at the Illinois Veteran's Home - Quincy remains at 54, including 12 deaths. The outbreak has prompted Illinois US Senator Dick Durbin to call on the federal government to look into the situation.According to a WGEM [News] report [Mon 21 Sep 2015], Durbin wants the consultation of the US Departments of Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services, "The extent of this outbreak and the resulting deaths raises important questions Read more [...]