Q. Is it true that you can get Legionnaires’ disease from gagging on a drink of water? This has got to be bogus. A. While this sounds like an urban myth, it is true. Most people become ...

Legionnaires' disease is a mild flu-like illness, caused by the legionella bacteria, according to the CDC. Legionella spreads mainly through small droplets of water or mist containing the bacteria.

Over the last several months, legionella, the bacteria which causes Legionnaires' disease has ... practices with ASHRAE Standard 188 "States like Maryland must take a pro-active approach and ...

"In our study, we look at what is different between the forms ... which spread via mist or water vapor and can lead to pneumonia-like symptoms, have occurred throughout the northeastern and ...