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Legionnaires' disease
January 1 , 2026
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- A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak has prompted a health alert in Australia.
- It is a severe form of pneumonia caused by breathing in water droplets contaminated with Legionella bacteria.
- It does not spread from person to person.
- The disease was named after a 1976 outbreak at an American Legion convention in the United States.
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