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WORLD'S FIRST: Legionnaires' Transplants Kills 1 In PA, CDC WORLD'S FIRST: Legionnaires' Transplants Kills 1 In PA, CDC
World'S First: Legionnaires' Transplants Kills 1 In PA, CDC Pennsylvania is making history – for the wrong reason – with the first known cases of Legionnaires' disease in organ donations, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A bacteria that can cause the deadly lung disease – commonly known as Legionnaires' – has been found in two Pennsylvania lung transplant patients. The transplants were given by a single donor in Philadelphia in May 2022, according to a CDC release on Friday, Sept. 15.  The Pennsylvania Department of Health was notified in July 2022 and the patients learned they had the disease in June.  …
Legionnaires' Outbreak Probe Continues In Lancaster: County Officials Legionnaires' Outbreak Probe Continues In Lancaster: County Officials
Legionnaires' Outbreak Probe Continues In Lancaster: County Officials A bacteria that can cause the deadly lung disease – commonly known as Legionnaires' – has been found six more times since officials learned of an infected inmate in Pennsylvania. Lancaster County Prison was notified that a former inmate tested positive at a State County Institution for Legionnaires' Disease also known as Legionella Pneumonia on Friday, Aug. 11.  A probe of the prison was launched on Aug. 21, and trace amounts of Legionella were found in a sink "within the cell where the inmate resided within the prison’s Medical Housing Unit," Lancaster County Commissioners O…
Wegmans Recalls Some Vegetable Products Due To Salmonella Concerns Wegmans Recalls Some Vegetable Products Due To Salmonella Concerns
Wegmans Recalls Some Vegetable Products Due To Salmonella Concerns Check your refrigerator. Wegmans has issued a voluntary recall on its products containing micro greens, sweet pea leaves, and cat grass due to concerns they may be contaminated with salmonella. The recall involves the following products: Wegmans Organic Baby Kale & Baby Spinach with Sweet Pea Leaves 5 oz (UPC: 0-77890-52377-3) with a best by date of 12/20/22 Wegmans Organic Farm & Orchard Micro Greens 1.75 oz (UPC: 0-77890-25036-5) with best by dates 12/17/22 and 12/24/22 Wegmans Organic Farm & Orchard Cat Grass (UPC: 0-77890-50938-8 The recalled productsFDA The recall…