Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and the Illinois Department of Public Health are investigating a single case of legionnaire’s diseases in a resident at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy.
The office of the Illinois Auditor General released its report on the handling of the Legionnaires Disease outbreak at the Illinois Veterans’ Home in Quincy Monday.
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner was in Quincy Friday morning to officially announce that the newest addition to the Illinois Veterans’ Home has been renamed.
A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there continues to be issues with Legionnaire's disease at the Illinois Veterans Home despite improvements.
The Illinois Senate has voted unanimously to require administrators of state veterans' homes to notify the public within 24 hours of an infectious disease diagnosis.
Documents show that Illinois workplace safety officials reprimanded state veterans' officials for how the agency told staffers about a fatal Legionnaires' disease outbreak at the Illinois Veterans’ Home in Quincy.