With the summer comes family vacations, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning travelers about the risks associated with swimming in hotel pools or hot tubs. According to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, around one-third of the treated recreational waterborne disease outbreaks reported between 2000 and 2014 occurred in hotel pools or hot tubs. Of the 493 outbreaks reported during this period, there were 27,219 people who became sick and another eight died. If a hotel pool, hot tub or water playground is not cleaned properly, bacteria can grow and form a slime called biofilm on wet surfaces, which is where Legionella and Pseudomonas can live. The CDC provided advice for travelers to protect themselves this summer:

Source: Fox News May 24, 2018 08:59 UTC