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Health officials in New York City have issued a warning about a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak, with 23 confirmed cases and 17 hospitalizations. Dr. Stephanie Widmer, an emergency medicine attending physician, details how the bacterial pneumonia is contracted, emphasizing it’s from warm water in large cooling towers, not drinking water. She also discusses symptoms and curability…

A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in New York City has claimed its first life, health officials said Friday

One death has been reported in connection to the Legionnaires’ disease cluster on New York City’s Upper East Side, health officials say

July 15, 2026 ByJulie Corliss, Executive Editor, Harvard Heart Letter

US Senator Lindsey Graham died of an “aortic dissection” caused by cardiovascular disease, according to a preliminary finding by the Washington DC medical examiner

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham died on July 11 of an aortic dissection, according to a preliminary medical examiner’s report

Updated: 7:53 PM MDT Jul 12, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Senator Lindsey Graham’s reported death brings attention to rare aortic rupture

A cup of coffee has a predetermined lifecycle: You pour a steamy mug of joe, set it down next to your laptop to refrain from burning your tongue, and before you know it, an hour has passed and your coffee is stone cold. You pop it in the microwave to nuke it for a few…

A former strength and conditioning coach for the Bucknell University football team allegedly ignored the medical condition of a freshman recruit two years ago and pushed him to do strenuous exercises that led to the player’s death, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office said Monday

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has risen above 500, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), as health workers threaten strike action over low wages and poor working conditions