The Hunt for the Legion Killer

Jan 31, 1982 on PBS at 9:00 PM

Summary

One of the biggest investigations in medical history began when a mysterious killer disease broke out during independence celebrations in Philadelphia in 1976: Legionnaire's Disease. NOVA traces the search for a cause and cure—a search bedeviled by f... (more)alse trails, accusations of incompetence and cover-up, and increasing urgency as the death toll mounted.

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