A Legionnaires' disease cluster in New York City has grown, with two deaths and more than 50 others sickened so far, officials said. The New York City Department of Health said in an update Aug. 4 ...

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, ...

This is a guest essay for Healthbeat. Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. New York City is experiencing its second-largest outbreak of Legionnaires ...

NEW YORK − Air conditioning has been a lifesaver in recent weeks for broad swaths of Americans left sweating ‒ and worse ‒ from scorching temperatures. But in parts of upper Manhattan, the quest for ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — A cooling tower collapsed at the Mosaic plant in Bartow on Wednesday afternoon. A spokesperson for the company said the tower cools the water used in the turbine generators. No ...

The cases are most likely linked to a cooling tower in central Harlem, health officials said. By Dani Blum More than 60 people have fallen ill, including three people who have died, from Legionnaires’ ...

Inspections for the Legionella bacteria in New York City’s cooling towers sank to a record post-pandemic low in the months leading up to an outbreak of the disease in East Harlem that has so far ...

The final of 12 affected cooling towers in the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem was remediated on Friday. All 12 cooling towers in Central Harlem that tested culture positive for live ...

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