Why Reports of Legionnaires’ Disease Are on the Rise in the United States
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/, October 22, 2020
By: Lynne Peeples
Before her 73-year-old mom contracted Legionnaires’ disease at a nursing home earlier this year, Monique Barlow knew little about the deadly pneumonia and the waterborne pathogen that causes it.
“Until then, I didn’t give it much thought,” says Barlow. “I didn’t even really know what it was.” Read more.