A new study from Rhode Island Hospital shows that guidelines concerning testing patients for possible community-acquired pneumonia due to Legionella may underestimate the number of cases being seen by clinicians.

Purdue University biologists identified a new way in which bacteria hijack healthy cells during infection, which could provide a target for new antibiotics.

A case report in this week's issue of The Lancet, investigates an unusual situation where a man contracted Legionnaire's disease through a cut in his hand while planting with potting compost.

YEKATERINBURG. July 31 (Interfax-Urals) - More patients with pneumonia symptoms have been hospitalized in Verkhnaya Pyshma in Sverdlovsk region. Overall, 144 cases had been registered by the Verkhnaya Pyshma central hospital by 8 a.m., local time, the regional health ministry announced on Tuesday.

YEKATERINBURG. Aug 1 (Interfax) - The current massive outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Verkhnaya Pyshma in Sverdlovsk region is being investigated by the regional prosecutor's office.