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Three Deaths Reported as NYC Legionnaires’ Outbreak Spreads  Bloomberg Harlem Legionnaires’ outbreak: 3 people dead among 70 diagnosed in NYC cluster since July 25  ABC7 New York An obscure disease keeps spreading through air conditioning  USA Today 3 dead and at least 67 sick from growing Legionnaires’ disease cluster in New York City  ABC News Legionnaires’ in NYC: What are the disease’s first symptoms?  PIX11 …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Fifty-eight people in New York City have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, a serious bacterial lung infection, and two people have died, according to the city health department. The bacteria, Legionella, is suspected to be spread by cooling towers on buildings in Central Harlem. A cooling tower is a rooftop device that releases mist into the …

Obesity-related cancer deaths have soared in the U.S. over the last two decades, rising from 3.73 million to 13.52 million. That’s according to a study by researchers at Jersey Shore University Medical Center and Hackensack Meridian Health, which was presented last month at ENDO 2025, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in San Francisco. The study analyzed more than 33,000 deaths …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Fifty-eight people in New York City have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, a serious bacterial lung infection, and two people have died, according to the city health department. The bacteria, Legionella, is suspected to be spread by cooling towers on buildings in Central Harlem. A cooling tower is a rooftop device that releases mist into the …

Titan Submersible Deaths Were Preventable, Coast Guard Report Says  The New York Times Live updates: Titan submersible report released  CNN Titan submersible disaster that killed 5 people was ‘preventable,’ according to Coast Guard report  NBC News Titan submersible implosion final report critical of CEO’s inadequate oversight  ABC News Titan sub firm used ‘intimidation tactics’ and ‘critically flawed’ safety practices, US Coast Guard report finds  BBC …

Cancer deaths hit ‘alarming’ surge due to common health condition, experts say  AOL.comView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

WASHINGTON — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. Sea stars – often known as starfish – typically have five arms and some species sport up to 24 arms. They range in color from solid orange to tapestries …

Ten deaths from West Nile virus reported in Italy  Euronews.com 2 Dead Following 32 Cases of West Nile Virus  People.com Third Campania West Nile death takes total up to seven  ANSA West Nile: What it is, how it’s transmitted, and how to protect yourself from the virus  Agenzia Nova Swiss authorities keep close eye on West Nile fever in Italy  SWI swissinfo.ch Source link

A common sedative sometimes taken to get high is becoming deadlier. Research out this week finds that annual U.S. deaths caused by nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or whippits, have significantly spiked over the past decade and a half. Researchers at the University of Mississippi and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign conducted the study, an analysis of …

Thirty-two people across the Gulf Coast — Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida — have contracted infections this year from a flesh-eating bacteria spread through saltwater and raw shellfish, according to state health officials. Eight have died. The infection, called Vibrio vulnificus, is one of a dozen species of Vibrio: a bacteria found in coastal waters when the weather is warm …