Rick Snyder said he learned of the surge in the disease days before disclosing it last month. In fact, high Michigan officials had known about it since March

High-ranking officials in Governor Rick Snyder’s administration were aware of a surge in legionnaires’ disease potentially linked to Flint’s water long before the Michigan governor reported the increase to the public last month, internal emails show.

After the release of the emails, the Michigan Democratic party called for Snyder to step down on Thursday.

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Rick Snyder said he learned of the surge in the disease days before disclosing it last month. In fact, high Michigan officials had known about it since March

High-ranking officials in Governor Rick Snyder’s administration were aware of a surge in legionnaires’ disease potentially linked to Flint’s water long before the Michigan governor reported the increase to the public last month, internal emails show.

After the release of the emails, the Michigan Democratic party called for Snyder to step down on Thursday.

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The state’s public health director has warned more fatalities could occur after 45 people have been sickened with severe form of pneumonia at the facility

The death toll from a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a western Illinois veterans home has climbed to seven, and the state’s public health director has warned that more fatalities could occur.

The Illinois department of veterans affairs and the state department of public health said residents of the facility in Quincy who contracted Legionnaires’, a severe form of pneumonia, had underlying medical conditions and an average age of 86.

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The state’s public health director has warned more fatalities could occur after 45 people have been sickened with severe form of pneumonia at the facility

The death toll from a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a western Illinois veterans home has climbed to seven, and the state’s public health director has warned that more fatalities could occur.

The Illinois department of veterans affairs and the state department of public health said residents of the facility in Quincy who contracted Legionnaires’, a severe form of pneumonia, had underlying medical conditions and an average age of 86.

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• One inmate has confirmed case and at least 16 others are hospitalized
• Officials bring in portable toilets, bottled water and large water tanks

The water has been shut off at California’s oldest prison after an inmate was hospitalized with a confirmed case of legionnaires’ disease, officials said Friday.

At least 16 other San Quentin state prison inmates are in outside hospitals with symptoms of the disease, which is considered a severe type of pneumonia, said Dana Simas, a spokeswoman for the California department of corrections and rehabilitation.

Related: Legionnaires’ disease in New York: what is it and how does it spread?

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• One inmate has confirmed case and at least 16 others are hospitalized
• Officials bring in portable toilets, bottled water and large water tanks

The water has been shut off at California’s oldest prison after an inmate was hospitalized with a confirmed case of legionnaires’ disease, officials said Friday.

At least 16 other San Quentin state prison inmates are in outside hospitals with symptoms of the disease, which is considered a severe type of pneumonia, said Dana Simas, a spokeswoman for the California department of corrections and rehabilitation.

Related: Legionnaires’ disease in New York: what is it and how does it spread?

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The Opera House Hotel said it will go beyond newly imposed regulations in testing its cooling system as officials declared an end to the outbreak

New York City’s historic Opera House Hotel, identified as the source of a deadly spate of Legionnaires’ disease, said it will go beyond newly imposed regulations in testing its cooling system even as officials declared an end to the outbreak.

City officials on Thursday announced an end to the outbreak, which killed 12 people and sickened 128 people. Of those, two had been guests of the South Bronx hotel, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Related: Legionnaires’ disease in New York: what is it and how does it spread?

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The Opera House Hotel said it will go beyond newly imposed regulations in testing its cooling system as officials declare an end to the outbreak

New York City’s historic Opera House Hotel, identified as the source of a deadly spate of Legionnaires’ disease, said it will go beyond newly imposed regulations in testing its cooling system even as officials declared an end to the outbreak.

City officials on Thursday announced an end to the outbreak, which killed 12 people and sickened 128 people. Of those, two had been guests of the South Bronx hotel, according to the New York City department of health and mental hygiene.

Related: Legionnaires’ disease in New York: what is it and how does it spread?

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Severe form of pneumonia has killed seven people in New York City and affected dozens more. How concerned should residents and visitors be?

Legionnaires disease has killed seven people in New York City and made dozens of others sick, with health officials warning that it is likely doctors will diagnose more cases of Legionnaires’ disease in the Bronx in the coming days.

But what is Legionnaires’ disease, and how concerned should New Yorkers, or visitors to the city, be about the disease?

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Severe form of pneumonia has killed seven people in New York City and affected dozens more. How concerned should residents and visitors be?

Legionnaires disease has killed seven people in New York City and made dozens of others sick, with health officials warning that it is likely doctors will diagnose more cases of Legionnaires’ disease in the Bronx in the coming days.

But what is Legionnaires’ disease, and how concerned should New Yorkers, or visitors to the city, be about the disease?

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