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For the third day in a row, the New York City Health Department has announced a death in the Upper East Side Legionnaires’ disease cluster

UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) –Officials have released new information about the second person who has died in connection to the ongoing Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side

A second death has been reported in connection to the Legionnaires’ disease cluster on New York City’s Upper East Side, health officials said Saturday

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…

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

Another town hall is planned Monday to discuss the growing Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side, a day after health officials added new cases to the toll

The NYC Health Department has updated its case count, confirming 59 cases of Legionnaire’s disease on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Currently, 15 individuals are hospitalized. FOX 5 NY’s Jessica Formoso has the latest details

All of the Upper East Side buildings with cooling towers that tested positive for Legionella bacteria have completed necessary cleaning, New York City health officials say

Over two dozen people sickened by Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side are now out of the hospital, New York City health officials say

A digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic image of a grouping of Legionella pneumophila bacteria. (CDC Image)