Health officials are investigating whether two Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks in and around Flint, Michigan, were caused or impacted by the ongoing water-contamination crisis, authorities said today.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has launched an investigation into two outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease, in 2014 and 2015, which sickened 87 — killing 10 of them — in Genesee County. Those sickened ranged in age from 26 to 94, and became sick between either June 6, 2014, to March 9, 2015, or May 4, 2015, to Oct. 29, 2015, the agency said.
Elevated lead levels have been found in Flint’s water supply after the source was temporarily changed from Detroit’s municipal supply to the Flint River. It is unclear if the Legionnaires’ cases are linked to the water crisis but Michigan health officials said they were looking into the possibility. For the full article click here
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