Legionnaire

Henry Repeating Arms Donates $50,000 for Veteran Support to The American Legion

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Charted by Congress in 1919, The American Legion is America's largest wartime veterans service organization, with over two million Legionnaires serving the motto, "Veterans Strengthening America."

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  • Charted by Congress in 1919, The American Legion is America's largest wartime veterans service organization, with over two million Legionnaires serving the motto, "Veterans Strengthening America."
  • "Henry Repeating Arms believes in The American Legion's principles and mission of strengthening America by upholding American values, fostering patriotism, giving back, and we respect their many extraordinary accomplishments," said Wickstrom during Tuesday's General Session.
  • For more information about Henry Repeating Arms and its products, visit henryusa.com or call 866-200-2354 for a free catalog.
  • Henry Repeating Arms is one of the leading rifle and shotgun manufacturers in the United States and a world leader in the lever action category.

Legionnaires' Disease Victims File Lawsuits Over Bronx Legionella Outbreak

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Two people who contracted Legionnaires' disease in a May Legionnaires' disease outbreak in the Bronx have filed suit against the owners of a building that was identified as the source of the bacteria.

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  • : Victims infected through airborne transmission, never entered building that was source
    NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Two people who contracted Legionnaires' disease in a May Legionnaires' disease outbreak in the Bronx have filed suit against the owners of a building that was identified as the source of the bacteria.
  • That outbreak killed two people and led to the hospitalization of 28 others.
  • The two plaintiffs in this lawsuit required lengthy hospitalizations, ongoing inpatient rehabilitation, and each suffered permanent injuries.
  • Legionnaires' disease is a rare form of pneumonia transmitted by breathing water vapors contaminated with legionella bacteria.

Pritzker Hageman Files First Lawsuit in Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak at Onelife Fitness in Alpharetta, GA

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022

ALPHARETTA, Ga., Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The water safety lawyers at Pritzker Hageman law firm filed the first lawsuit arising from a Legionnaires' disease outbreak at Onelife Fitness in Alpharetta, Ga (court file number 22-C-00069-S4).

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  • ALPHARETTA, Ga., Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The water safety lawyers at Pritzker Hageman law firm filed the first lawsuit arising from a Legionnaires' disease outbreak at Onelife Fitness in Alpharetta, Ga (court file number 22-C-00069-S4).
  • Georgia state health officials began an outbreak investigation after receiving several reports of Legionella infections among people who visited the gym between October 30, 2021, and October 31, 2021.
  • During their outbreak investigation, health officials confirmed that our client was exposed to Legionella bacteria at Onelife Fitness.
  • Legionnaires' disease is a severe and sometimes fatal form of pneumonia caused by the inhalation of Legionella bacteria.

Worldwide Water Purifier Industry to 2026 - Key Drivers and Challenges

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

DUBLIN, Oct. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Global Water Purifier Market Overview, 2020-26" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • DUBLIN, Oct. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Global Water Purifier Market Overview, 2020-26" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The water purifier in a simpler term is defined as the device used to decontaminate the water from harmful substances, chemicals, pathogens, microorganisms, and other dissolved solids and to make it portable.
  • Contaminated water can also make humans severely ill. Every year, unsafe water sickens about 1 billion people.
  • China, the US, and India are the top 3 countries in the global water purifier market, accounting for more than USD16 Billion in the year 2020.

Global Water Purifier Market (2020 to 2026) - Featuring 3M, Aquatech International and Brita Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Contaminated water can also make humans severely ill. Every year, unsafe water sickens about 1 billion people.

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  • Contaminated water can also make humans severely ill. Every year, unsafe water sickens about 1 billion people.
  • Considerably the RO water purifiers are one of the safe, cost-effective and easy to maintain, the segment held nearly half of the market share.
  • The market has witnessed a hike in the under sink purifier segment, which in 2015 was at USD 15.29 Billion.
  • By the end of the forecasted period, the faucet water purifier type is expected to hold a share of nearly 20% in the market for the same reason.

Vietnam War nurse receives American Legion's highest honor

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

PHOENIX, Aug. 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vietnam War combat nurse Diane Carlson Evans of Helena, Mont., received The American Legion's most prestigious award, the Distinguished Service Medal, Tuesday, Aug. 31, at the organization's 102nd National Convention here.

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  • PHOENIX, Aug. 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vietnam War combat nurse Diane Carlson Evans of Helena, Mont., received The American Legion's most prestigious award, the Distinguished Service Medal, Tuesday, Aug. 31, at the organization's 102nd National Convention here.
  • "I believe this prestigious award says more about you than it says about me," she told thousands gathered at the Phoenix Convention Center.
  • "I see today as finally my opportunity to say thank you to The American Legion I am here to thank you for what you did, not for what I did."
  • Robert and Elizabeth Dole; Dr. Jonas Salk; Babe Ruth, Bob Hope, Henry Kissinger and the Dead and Missing from the Vietnam War.