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Bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease have been found in two water tanks at Allegheny General Hospital on the North Side.The hospital tested its water…
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The Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System found three water fixtures to be contaminated with the Legionella bacteria, shortly after a patient was…
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When six people died from Legionella bacteria in Pittsburgh’s Veterans Affairs hospitals in 2011-12, the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) and…
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The Department of Veterans Affairs wants to fire the Director of the Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System. A statement from the VA says the department proposed…
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Eleven patients from a unit at UPMC Presbyterian were moved to other parts of the hospital following the detection of legionella in several sinks in a…
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More than 10 months after U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy wrote to former Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs Eric Shinseki asking what disciplinary action would be taken…
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The U.S. House Committee on Veterans Affairs Monday will hold its second hearing on the 2011 Legionnaires' disease outbreak. The outbreak killed at least…
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The first wrongful death lawsuit sprouting from the 2011-12 Legionella outbreak at the Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs hospital was filed Friday — a day after…
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A Somerset prison is chemically treating its water supply after four inmates became infected with Legionella.On July 26, Department of Corrections…
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Officials with the VA Pittsburgh Health System have revealed that about 10 veterans may have been sickened by Legionella bacteria several years before a…