Waterborne Disease

Large floods over the last 2 decades corresponded with increased rates of death from injuries and other causes vs. normal conditions in the U.S., a retrospective analysis published in Nature Medicine revealed.

A CDC study found that splash pads, or water playgrounds, have been linked to more than 10,000 cases of preventable waterborne illness between 1997 and 2022.

Splash pads have been linked to more than 10,000 cases of preventable waterborne illness caused by bacteria or viruses over a 26-year period, according to a CDC study.

In this video, Nitin Damle, MD, MS, MACP, past president of the ACP, discusses highlights from his presentation at the virtual ACP Internal Medicine Meeting on the health consequences of climate change.

Researchers estimated that the United States experiences around 7 million waterborne illnesses each year, according to findings published in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Investigators linked a cluster of six patients diagnosed with Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteremia at a New York hospital to drug diversion by a nurse.