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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) —A case of Legionnaires’ disease has been reported in association with the Elmhurst Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, according to the Rhode Island Department of Health

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

New York City health officials are expected to brief New Yorkers on the latest in the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side. 

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…

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

Manhattan (PIX11) — It’s been more than two weeks since the first cases of Legionnaires’ disease started to appear on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. As of Saturday, more than 50 people were diagnosed with the disease, at least 22 of whom have been hospitalized

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

The bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease has been found inside the cooling tower of Manhattan’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, but the building remains safe for employees and visitors, according to both the museum and the union that represents its workers. The disease is spread by breathing in fine water droplets that contain the bacteria Legionella,…

Among the locations that have tested positive for Legionella bacteria is the Guggenheim Museum

NEW YORK –New York City health officials are investigating a Legionnaires’ disease cluster in two Upper East Side neighborhoods