State, county health officials inspect Richmond Health Center amid complaints

State health officials are investigating Richmond Health Center after an employee was hospitalized with an infection in her lungs.

Safety fears at Lowestoft fire station

A union chief has demanded major safety improvements at Lowestoft's main fire station after the third discovery this year of the bacteria that can cause Legionnaires' disease.

UV Light's Germicidal Properties Aid in Fight Agains...

The germicidal properties of ultraviolet light are of renewed interest to clinicians wanting to employ technology in the fight against healthcare-acquired infections .

Making sense of the guidelines: pneumonia

The pneumonia guidelines are complicated. They consist of two sets of guidelines which are distinct but have just enough overlap to be confusing.

PuriCore Plc: PuriCore Notification of PDMR Interest-OptionAward

PuriCore plc Notification of PDMR Interest - Option Award MALVERN, PENNSYLVANIA, AND STAFFORD, UK, 3 November 2008 - PuriCore , the life sciences company focused on developing and commercialising proprietary, ...

1 dead, 15 sickened in Newark by Legionnaire's disease

State and local health officials are investigating a cluster of Legionnaire's disease in Newark and Irvington that has sickened 15 people and resulted in the death of an elderly man.

Monitoring of Microbes in Drinking Water

Internationally there is a move towards managing the provision of safe drinking water by direct assessment of the performance of key pathogen barriers , rather than end point testing .

Surveillance for waterborne disease and outbreaks associated with...

PROBLEM/CONDITION: Since 1971, CDC, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists have maintained a collaborative Waterborne Disease and Outbreak ...

Student being treated for possible case of Legionnaire's

A 22-year-old student from UW-Whitewater is being treated for a possible case of Legionnaire's disease.

Inverness Medical's Binaxnow(R) Legionella Rapid Test Detects Legionnaire's Disease In 15 Minutes

Main Category: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Also Included In: Respiratory / Asthma Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 29 Oct 2008 The BinaxNOW Legionella test, available from Inverness ...