NEW YORK (AP) — A second person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York, the New York City Health Departm…
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New cases slow in NYC Legionnaires' disease outbreak; Met museum among buildings with positive tests
NEW YORK (AP) — A Legionnaires' disease outbreak in a New York City neighborhood now counts 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing, health of…
The Guggenheim Museum was among a number of Manhattan buildings that recently tested positive for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease amid the city’s latest outbreak. The city health department on Friday released a list of 31 buildings ordered to clean and disinfect their cooling towers. The striking, cylindrical art museum was among 19 that have already completed the remediation, according to the department’s list. The rest were expected to complete the work by Saturday. More than 50 people have been sickened in the Upper East Side outbreak, but none have died. Seven people died during an outbreak last year in Manhattan.
FILE - This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires' disease. (Francis Chandler/CDC via AP, File)
Prosecutors say they're dismissing all criminal charges against eight people in the Flint water scandal and starting the investigation over again.
Five people, including the head of Michigan's health department, were charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter in an investigation of Flint's lead-contaminated water.
Two people who made separate trips to Rio Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in March and April contracted Legionnaires' disease.
The head of a Flint hospital that found Legionnaires' disease bacteria in its water system more than a year ago said he and experts suspected the Flint River was a likely source of the contaminant.
A regional director with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is resigning in connection with the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan.