Tag: Public Health Ontario
One new case, still no source found in deadly legionnaires’ disease outbreak
One new case of the potentially deadly legionnairesâ disease has been detected locally over the last week, London-area public health officials said Monday amid an outbreak that has four people still recovering in hospital.
Officials offer new details in London’s deadly legionnaires’ disease outbreak
London’s public health agency has found evidence of bacteria in several water systems they’ve tested as they continue to investigate a deadly local outbreak of legionnaires’ disease.
Can London officials pinpoint source of deadly legionnaires’ disease outbreak?
Public health officials are promising an update Wednesday afternoon, two weeks after the first reported cases, about an outbreak of a rare disease that has hospitalized nearly two dozen people and killed one. The Middlesex-London Health Unit, with help from Public Health Ontario, is in the midst of investigating an outbreak of legionnaires’ disease â […]
Legionnaires’ disease: One dead, infections rise in London outbreak
One person has died and the infection toll has risen from a rare outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in London
Legionnaire’s disease: Cases in London outbreak rise to 20, 10 in hospital
An outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in London has put 10 people, among 20 confirmed cases, in hospital as public health officials continue to track its source. Patients in hospital are receiving varying degrees of treatment from intravenous antibiotics to being intubated, Joanne Kearon, associate medical officer of health for the Middlesex-London health unit, said Thursday. […]