Cases of a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease are expected to peak this weekend, medics have said. full story ![]()
A Legionnaires' outbreak that killed five at the Pittsburgh VA hospital occurred because procedures weren't followed, a federal report says.
post-gazette.com (1 month ago)
Sen. Bob Casey proposes legislation to mandate that Veterans Affairs' facilities report Legionnaires' cases.
post-gazette.com (2 months ago)
PITTSBURGH -- A Veterans Affairs hospital lab in Pittsburgh failed to immediately report positive test results for Legionnaires' disease that killed five patients in an outbreak linked to the hospitals' water supply, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Wednesday.
goerie.com (3 months and 16 days ago)

County, state and federal health officials should have had data about the cases showing an outbreak was under way as early as summer 2011.
post-gazette.com (2 months and 17 days ago)
Amidst demand for expeditious trial of terror cases involving Muslim youth, the Union Home Ministry has asked all states to set up fast track courts to take up such cases for speedy disposal.
india.com (10 days ago)
The “peak oil”, “peak gas”, or peak-whatever-you-want-to-call-it movement continues on, despite all the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Last week it even made its way onto the Forbes.com website in the form of this piece authored by economist Robert U. Ayres. This piece is so filled with illogic, factual errors and omissions of context that it requires a response.
forbes.com (11 days ago)
AUSTRALIAN universities are set to suffer their biggest drop in federal funding since 1996, the sector's peak body says.
news.com.au (1 month and 11 days ago)
PITTSBURGH -- Veterans Affairs health-care facilities would have to report within 24 hours cases of Legionnaire's and other major infectious diseases to several agencies, patients and employees under companion legislation introduced Thursday by U.S. Reps. Tim Murphy, R-Upper St. Clair, and Mike Doyle, D-Forest Hills.
goerie.com (12 hours ago)
Ministers are preparing to abandon plans to introduce “super-peak” tickets on the railways as commuters contend with above-inflation fares rises....
thetimes.co.uk (2 months and 16 days ago)

The number of cases of the winter vomiting bug had appeared to be falling after its Christmas peak. But the virus began its comeback at the start of last month and the number of infections is expected to keep rising, according to figures released by the Health Protection Agency.
dailymail.co.uk (1 month and 23 days ago)
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