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Public Health Paradox: Cleaner Air Is Fueling a Deadly Respiratory Illness


Research suggests that a decrease in air pollution may be contributing to an increase in a severe bacterial infection: Legionnaires' disease. This respiratory condition, which has a mortality rate of 10–25%, is caused by inhaling Legionella bacteria. The bacteria live in water and outbreaks have bee

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