legionnaires disease

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.

Records show that a top aide at the Illinois Department of Public Health took a leave of absence to work on political campaigns in the fall of 2016

A request for proposals is out as of Thursday for a new state-of-the-art Illinois Veterans’ Home facility in Quincy.

Illinois senators are proposing three new bills to prevent future Legionnaires' disease outbreaks at the Illinois Veterans' Home in Quincy, which has had 13 deaths since 2015.

Gov. Bruce Rauner has tabbed a cabinet member to coordinate the administration's response to the Legionnaires' disease outbreak at the Quincy veterans' home.

Email messages show state officials worked to put a positive spin on news coverage as a deadly Legionnaires disease outbreak unfolded at the Illinois Veterans’ Home in Quincy.

Illinois Department of Public Heath Officials are investigating a case of Legionnaire's Disease in the state.

A fourth case of Legionnaire’s Disease is reported at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy.

A report obtained by The Associated Press shows engineers told Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration in 2016 that replacing problematic plumbing at the Illinois Veterans’ Home in Quincy would cost $8 million,