Root Causes of Toxic Lead and Legionella in Flint, Michigan Water

The toxic lead content in the municipal water supply of Flint, Michigan has been presented prominently in the media for almost two years. ? READ MORE......

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Legionella-hit leisure centre to reopen late January

A LEISURE centre which closed following the discovery of deadly legionella bacteria will not now reopen before the end of January. ? READ MORE......

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Predatory bacteria can wipe out superbugs, says study

Predatory bacteria - that eat others of their kind - could be a new weapon in the fight against superbugs, say UK researchers. ? READ MORE......

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Hospital fined after safety failings led to dementia patient?s death

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has been fined ?366,000 after the death of a patient on a specialist dementia ward. ? READ MORE......

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PHE (8 December 2016). Quarterly Epidemiological Commentary: Mandatory MRSA, MSSA and E. coli bacteraemia, and C. difficile infection data (up to July-September 2016).

E. coli bacteraemiaThe counts and rates of all reported E. coli bacteraemia has increased steadily since the inception of mandatory surveillance of E. coli bact...

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Legionnaires' disease identified at hospital in Gloucester

A patient may have become infected with Legionnaires' disease while at a hospital's dialysis unit. ? READ MORE......

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