Legionnaires' disease

Legionnaires’ disease is a type of pneumonia caused by infection with the bacteria Legionella pneumophila.

Though pneumonia and infection are among the litany of known complications following a water birth, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just reported two cases of Legionnaires’ Disease in newborns in Arizona born this way at home.

Legionnaires' disease, an often fatal bacterial pneumonia,

A deadly outbreak of Legionnaires disease has sprung up in the Bronx, New York.