Legionnaires Disease

Legionella bacteria has been detected at two Illinois Department of Corrections facilities

The Chicago Department of Public Health reported 49 cases of Legionnaires’ disease since July 1 in Chicago, resulting in 15 people hospitalized and two dead.

The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs are investigating a case of Legionnaires’ disease at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy, officials said Wednesday.

Two new cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been reported at a senior home in north suburban Vernon Hills, bringing the total to five, including one previous fatal case. The cases of the severe respiratory disease were first reported to health officials Feb. 3 at Brookdale Senior Living, 145 N. Milwaukee Ave., according to the Lake County Health Department. A spokesperson…

Public health officials are investigating three cases of Legionnaires’ disease that left one person dead at a senior living center in north suburban Vernon Hills.

Public health officials are investigating two cases of Legionnaires’ disease possibly contracted at a senior home in southwest suburban Plainfield.

Health officials are investigating after three cases of Legionnaires’ disease, two of them fatal, were reported at a retirement community in west suburban Carol Stream. The cases have sprung up since May 2019 at the Covenant Living at Windsor Park retirement community, 124 Windsor Park Drive, according to a statement from the DuPage County Health Department. Two residents died from…

State health officials are investigating whether three cases of Legionnaires’ disease are linked to a suburban Chicago hospital. The Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday the three people were all patients at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, about 30 miles west of Chicago. One person was an inpatient, while the other two had outpatient visits. IDPH said…

A west suburban Batavia woman diagnosed with Legionnaires’ Disease shared about her battle with the disease on Monday with NBC 5.

An outbreak of 14 confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Batavia has health officials worried the potentially deadly lung infection is spreading, officials said Saturday.

Eight cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been reported since August at a retirement community in west suburban Batavia.

The Illinois Department of Public Health is investigating two cases of Legionnaires’ disease in individuals who were patients at Rush Oak Park Hospital earlier this year, the officials announced Friday.

Illinois health officials are investigating multiple cases of Legionnaires’ disease linked to Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn.

The Illinois Department of Public Health has launched an investigation after two patients at the University of Chicago Medical Center were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease.

Public health officials are investigating two cases of Legionnaires’ disease in patients who were possibly exposed to the bacteria while at Mercy Hospital.

Eleven patients at UW Hospital developed Legionnaires’ disease, apparently due to bacteria in the hospital’s hot water system.

At least three cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been confirmed at a senior living community in suburban McHenry, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

State public health officials say they’ve identified a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in Chicago and another in nearby Lake and McHenry counties.

Two new clusters of Legionnaires’ disease cases were being investigated Friday by the Illinois Department of Public Health.