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New York City has declared the deadly legionnaires’ disease outbreak in central Harlem over, nearly three weeks since it began. On Friday, city health officials announced that there have been no new cases among residents who live or work in the area since 9 August. As of Friday, there have been 114 cases of legionnaires’ disease, with 90 people hospitalized …

NYC Legionnaires’ Outbreak Traced to City-Owned Sites, Including Harlem Hospital  The New York Times NYC declares Harlem Legionnaires’ outbreak over, after 7th death is announced  NBC New York Legionnaires’ disease outbreak: NYC Health Department declares cluster in Harlem officially over  ABC7 New York Death toll from Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City rises to 7 and infections hit 114  ABC News City assumes …

New York City health officials on Friday declared the Harlem Legionnaires’ disease outbreak over, a day after revealing a seventh associated death as the patient count ticked up slightly. There have been no new cases among people who live and work in the affected area since Aug. 9, health officials said, meaning the cluster can be considered ended. Legionnaires’ disease …

A sixth person has died in the Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in Central Harlem, the most deaths since a 2015 Bronx outbreak that claimed 16 lives, according to an update Thursday by the city health department. The new death, one more than reported on Wednesday, came as the number of those sickened by the disease also inched up, from 109 to …

Two construction workers who claim they contracted Legionnaires’ disease while working at or near Harlem Hospital Center are suing contractors they allege failed to safeguard water cooling towers at the building against contamination by the bacteria that causes the illness. Duane Headley and Nunzio Quinto, both from Nassau County in Long Island, allege in court papers they contracted Legionnaires’ disease …

The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem has been linked to a fifth death, the city health department said Monday, equaling the toll from an outbreak at a nursing home in 2022. William Fowler, a spokesperson for Mayor Eric Adams, said the latest casualty was not a new death. Rather, it stemmed from investigators’ conclusively linking an earlier death to …

Decades of empty promises are no more. The MTA board on Monday approved a contract to begin major construction on the Second Avenue Subway extension into East Harlem. The nearly $2 billion deal covers the bulk of the work for the extension, which aims to add three new stations on the Q line that transit officials said would one day …

NEW YORK (AP) — A fourth person has died in connection with a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City, health officials disclosed Thursday as they revealed that some cooling towers that tested positive for the bacteria are in city-run buildings. The outbreak in Central Harlem has sickened dozens since it began in late July. Seventeen people were hospitalized as …

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) — New York City officials announced another death on Thursday in connection to the Legionnaires’ outbreak in Harlem, just hours after identifying 12 cooling towers in 10 Harlem buildings that tested positive for the disease. The update comes weeks after the start of the outbreak that has now resulted in 99 cases and four deaths.. Officials say …

The latest outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem has killed three people so far and sickened at least 58 others. It typically spreads when people inhale mist containing Legionella bacteria, which can grow in buildings’ water-cooling tanks, making it a longtime scourge for New York City. City health officials say they have taken steps to control the outbreak but …