Legionellosis

Suit blames hotel for death from Legionnaires' disease

Tribune reporter

A wrongful-death lawsuit was filed Thursday against Marriott International, claiming that a downtown Chicago hotel is responsible for infecting an Irish tourist with Legionnaires’ disease. The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, says...

Tags: Chicago Hotels, Cook County Government, Marriott International Inc., Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice

Legionnaires' disease bacteria found in Batavia schools

Tribune reporter

Although the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease – an illness blamed for the deaths of three Loop hotel guests this summer – was found Thursday in three far west suburban Batavia schools, district officials assured levels were low...

Tags: Health and Safety at School, Symptoms, Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Flu

Tracking Legionnaires' disease

The primary source of Legionnaires' disease that killed three people staying at a downtown Chicago hotel this summer is believed to have been fairly innocuous: the decorative fountain in the lobby. That fountain was permanently removed from the JW...

Tags: Chicago Hotels, Flu, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Pneumonia, Travel

3rd death tied to Chicago Legionnaires' outbreak

Tribune reporter

A third visitor to a downtown hotel earlier this summer has died after contracting Legionnaires’ disease, city officials announced Friday. Media in Ireland are reporting that the man was a retired plumber who was in Chicago to celebrate his 40th...

Tags: Chicago Hotels, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Personal Service, Pneumonia

Legionnaires' disease: Questions and answers

It's hard to overstate the fear that arrived with reports of people mysteriously falling ill and even dying after attending an American Legion convention in Philadelphia during the summer of 1976. "We don't know what we're dealing with," Pennsylvania's...

Tags: Lungs and Airways, Health and Safety at School, Chicago Hotels, Chills, Hospitals and Clinics

2 dead in Legionnaires' outbreak tied to downtown hotel

Tribune reporter

Two people have died after contracting Legionnaires' disease in an outbreak linked to a downtown Marriott hotel this summer, Chicago Department of Public Health officials said Monday. The two dead are among eight people who came down with Legionnaires'...

Tags: Health Organizations, McHenry, Symptoms, Health, Fever

Health Dept: 2 dead in hotel disease outbreak

Two people have died after contracting Legionnaires’ disease during a stay at the JW Marriott Chicago Hotel. Chicago Department of Public Health, released a statement Monday saying they have received reports of eight confirmed cases of the...

Tags: Symptoms, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Pneumonia, Diseases and Illnesses

Legionnaires' disease linked to Chicago hotel

Tags: Health, Chicago Hotels, Symptoms, Fever, Hotel and Accommodation Industry

Legionnaire's Disease Confirmed At D/FW Airport Hotel

CW News Reporter

A spokesman for a hotel and conference center near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport confirmed that a guest was briefly hospitalized for Legionnaire’s disease Wednesday. The water supply at the Supermedia Hotel and Conference Center near DFW...

Tags: Health, Symptoms, Chills, Headaches, Fever

Staying in (and out of) hot water

Crack of dawn, chilly tile floor, staring at yourself in the bathroom mirror, and you're waiting, wondering when the water will get hot. If the fixture is directly over the heater it's a short delay. In a bathroom at the other end of the house you may...

Tags: Health, Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics

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