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13 October 2026

50 years on, Legionnaire's disease cases are rising in Australia

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50 years on, Legionnaire's disease cases are rising in Australia

In 1976, a serious pneumonia started killing veterans in the United States. Now, despite knowing the cause, cases of Legionnaires' disease are still on the rise.

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