CA: Legionnaires? Outbreak Strikes San Quentin, Sends Inmates to Hospital

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Source: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slat...irmed_cases_50_possible_among_inmates_at.html

Legionnaires? Outbreak Strikes San Quentin, Sends Inmates to Hospital
By Beth Ethier

Six inmates at California's San Quentin prison have been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, and dozens more with symptoms are under observation, the Associated Press reports. Authorities have sharply limited the use of water from an onsite 3 million?gallon supply to avoid further spread of the disease while they search for the source of contamination in the facility, which holds about 3,700 inmates...

 

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Source: http://www.latimes.com/local/politic...902-story.html

Legionnaires' outbreak grows, keeping San Quentin locked down
San Quentin
By Paige St. John contact the reporter
September 2, 2015

An environmental consultant has been brought into the hunt for the source of Legionnaires' disease at San Quentin state prison. After six days of testing, officials still do not know what caused the outbreak that has left more than 100 inmates sick and the sprawling historic prison in near-lockdown.

Showers and drinking water have been shut off since a prisoner was diagnosed with the severe illness Thursday. In addition, prison officials said they are consulting daily with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as the state health department...