At least three people have died in a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Harlem, authorities said in the most recent update, in the latest summer flare-up of the disease that officials say primarily ...

A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City has resulted in two deaths and 58 illnesses. Legionnaires’ disease, a severe form of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria, is spread through ...

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In a previous update, we explored the keys to defending civil lawsuits and other threats stemming from an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease.

A third person has died of the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Harlem that has sickened close to 70 people, Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday — confirming that the source appears to be local cooling ...

This past Monday, President Trump signed an executive order banning “dangerous gain-of-function biological research in the United States and around the world.” With this directive, Trump added muscle ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York has resulted in the deaths of at least six people, raising national concern. Death toll from Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in ...

The worst of the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that killed three people and sickened several dozen is over, Big Apple officials predicted Thursday – even as the city’s top doc acknowledged “we have ...