Legionnaires' disease, NYC and Harlem outbreak
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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.
Lawsuit filed after a deadly Legionnaires' outbreak in Harlem, alleging negligence by construction firms and NYC.
The last of 12 cooling towers that tested positive for the bacteria currently spawning a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Harlem is being remediated Friday, with officials hoping containment efforts will help prevent another death.
DOHMH now reports five deaths and 108 confirmed cases as of Aug. 18 in the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Harlem.
A Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York's Central Harlem neighborhood has now sickened 90 people and caused three deaths, health officials said Tuesday.
The city released a list of locations for 12 water-cooling towers that tested positive for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease.