Seattle: 2nd Legionnaires’ disease death at UWMC, water supply tests positive

In a follow-up to an earlier report on the Legionnaires' disease situation at the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC), Public Health-Seattle and King County said Wednesday that the hospital reported a second fatality in a patient on the cardiac care unit in which Legionella, the bacterial cause of Legionnaires' disease, may have been a contributing factor. Health ["]