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U.S. says Legionnaire’s cases triple over decade

Mike Stobbe ATLANTA — Cases of Legionnaire’s disease have tripled in the last decade, U.S. health officials said Thursday, but the risk of dying from it is lower because of more effective treatment. Legionnaire’s most often strikes the elderly and can cause deadly pneumonia. The germ spreads through mist or vapor from contaminated water or […]

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