How to Use Legionnaires' disease in a Sentence

Legionnaires' disease

noun
  • What are the long-term effects of Legionnaires' disease?
    Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Legionnaires' disease is not spread from person to person.
    Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Here is what to know on Legionnaires' disease, and the current outbreak.
    Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • How does Legionnaires' disease spread?
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • What are the symptoms of Legionnaires' disease?
    Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Is there a Legionnaires' disease outbreak?
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
  • What are Legionnaires' disease symptoms?
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Caused by bacteria, Legionnaires' disease is a type of pneumonia.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Cooling towers are often a source of Legionnaires' disease outbreaks because they’re filled with water.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Has there ever been a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Tennessee?
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Legionnaires' disease is a form of pneumonia caused by the bacteria Legionella.
    Alice Park, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Legionnaires' disease can be treated with antibiotics, and most healthy people who get infected usually get better.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The fatality rate among people with Legionnaires' disease is about 10%.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Legionnaires' disease causes a serious form of pneumonia.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
  • About 1 out of every 10 people who get sick with Legionnaires' disease may die because of complications from the illness.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Here's what the recent data shows about Legionnaires' disease in Washington DC.
    Mike Stunson, USA Today, 14 July 2026
  • Symptoms of Legionnaires' disease Those with symptoms who have been in the area are urged to receive medical attention promptly.
    Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • Nearly 60 people have become sick and two have died in an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York City.
    Alice Park, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Most people exposed to the bacteria don’t develop Legionnaires' disease.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • From bed bugs to asbestos to now Legionnaires' disease — since returning to the office, California state workers have faced many issues.
    Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • Legionnaires' disease is a form of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria, which grow in warm water and can spread in building cooling systems, hot tubs and showerheads.
    ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • At least 14 cases of Legionnaires' disease have been reported in central Florida.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Legionnaires' disease is a severe form of pneumonia and is caused by inhaling mist containing Legionella bacteria.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Six cases of Legionnaires' disease have been reported at Christ Hospital since October, and three of those people died.
    Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Since July 25, at least 67 people in five zip codes have inhaled that bacteria, and developed what's called Legionnaires' disease.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
  • As of July 14, DC Health has not issued any public health alerts related to Legionnaires' disease.
    Mike Stunson, USA Today, 14 July 2026
  • In May, the health department launched an investigation at the building after confirming the second case of Legionnaires' disease in the building in a year.
    Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • People can get Legionnaires' disease by breathing in mist containing Legionella bacteria.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The fatality rate among people with Legionnaires' disease is about 10%, according to the CDC.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The best way to prevent Legionnaires' disease, which is a waterborne illness, is by cleaning pipes and devices that use water, according to the CDC.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025

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