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.
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.