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OSU Dorm Resident Contracted Legionnaires' Disease

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published September 21, 2017 at 5:15 AM EDT
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Test results are pending on water in an Ohio State University dorm after a student contracted Legionnaires' disease.  School officials say the water fountains in Drackett Tower have been turned off since August, when a student resident was diagnosed. The water is being tested as a precaution.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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