NEW YORK - Ninety-nine people have been diagnosed with Legionnaire's disease since July 25 when the cluster of cases was first identified in Central Harlem, according to the latest numbers from the ...

Rainwater left untreated in cooling towers atop city-owned Harlem Hospital fueled the Big Apple’s deadliest Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in a decade, the Rev. Al Sharpton charged Tuesday. Sharpton, ...

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Fifty-eight people have been infected—and two have died—in a New York City outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease—a severe type of pneumonia caused by a bacterium commonly associated with air-conditioning ...

Health officials in New York City say a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem has grown to 90 cases, including three deaths. The update comes days after New York City’s health department ...

Researchers with the CDC detected Legionella bacteria in a majority of cooling towers tested during a new study, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Legionella bacteria can cause a ...

Healthcare facilities require a substantial amount of energy to operate. In fact, the average hospital consumes approximately 250% more energy than a comparably sized commercial building, according to ...

Ukraine’s nuclear ghosts were raised again on Friday after a drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of the plant at Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident. The ...