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Researchers warn that free-living amoebas, microscopic organisms thriving in soil and water, are spreading globally due to ...

Ector County Health Department warns of Legionnaires' disease after 12 confirmed cases and 2 deaths; at-risk residents urged ...

Michigan health officials are investigating a case of Legionnaires’ disease at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Legionnaires’ disease is the last kind of high-stakes drama Harrah’s Laughlin wants on its gaming floor, but that is exactly ...

Oakland County is taking proactive measures after routine water testing detected Legionella bacteria at the North Oakland ...

Legionella testing at Oakland County government facilities has detected the bacteria in the water systems of two additional buildings.

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 ...

Urine PCR is generally more sensitive than blood, but antibiotics can quickly produce false negatives. Some healthy dogs may shed leptospira DNA without clinical disease. There was a study looking at ...

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