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Morse said workers have detected and remediated 11 cooling towers where the bacteria was detected, but noted five ZIP codes in central Harlem are still under investigation by her department. The press ...
As of Thursday evening, there had been three deaths, which was the same number as the day before. However, the city’s Health ...
At least 24 people remained hospitalized nearly two weeks after the cluster of Legionnaires’ disease was first detected in ...
A deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York City has set health and community leaders on a campaign to educate the ...
New York City health officials are continuing to investigate a cluster of cases of Legionnaires’ disease, a serious bacterial ...
There is no vaccine for Legionnaires’ disease. If diagnosed with the disease, you may need to go to the hospital. Medical staff may be able to give patients antibiotics or administer oxygen through a ...
An investigation is underway after 81 confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease in Harlem has left three people dead since ...
City health officials link the Central Harlem outbreak to cooling towers, structures containing water and a fan that are used to cool buildings.
Cases of a severe type of pneumonia called Legionnaires’ disease have been on the rise in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood ...
The disease is a type of pneumonia caused by the bacteria Legionella, which grow in warm water and can spread in building ...
Harlem City Councilmember Yusef Salaam, Sen. Cordell Cleare, Assemblyman Jordan Wright and NYC Health's Dr. Michelle Morse ...