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NEW YORK — 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 of …

A fourth person has died in the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem, while the number of those stricken with the severe pneumonia increased to 99, up from 90 earlier in the week, the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported Thursday. The new tallies came hours after city officials disclosed that several buildings housing government programs are among …

A second person has died after eating a broccoli sandwich in Italy amid a toxic botulism outbreak that has left multiple people hospitalised. Last week, 52-year-old artist Luigi Di Sarno died after eating the panini from a food truck in the town of Diamante, in Calabria. Now, Tamara D’Acunto, 45, has also died, and more than a dozen people have been …

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 …

It’s been a constant point of tension for many of the residents in the areas affected by this summer’s outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, which has killed three people so far. While the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said it’s pinpointed 11 buildings with active Legionella bacteria, officials have not been willing to release their locations — only identifying …

Hawaii has reported a dozen cases of ‘bone-breaking’ dengue fever, prompting urgent warnings from health officials.  The Hawaii Department of Health this week confirmed a case of dengue fever on the island of Oahu in a resident who contracted it during international travel.  It’s unclear exactly where the individual traveled, but the health department said it was a region where …

The ongoing botulism epidemic in Italy has claimed the life of a 45-year-old woman. The fatality is the second blamed on the new food poisoning outbreak, the first being that of a 52-year-old artist, Luigi Di Sarno, who fell ill after eating a panini containing a broccoli-like vegetable from a food truck in the south of the country. Highlights Forty-five-year-old …

Sausage and broccoli sandwiches are popular in Italy (Picture: Getty) Two people are now confirmed dead after eating broccoli and sausage sandwiches from an Italian food truck. 45-year-old Tamara D’Acunto is confirmed to have died after undergoing treatment in intensive care for botulism from lunch. Musician Luigi Di Sarno, 52, also died after buying the sandwich from a kiosk in …

A deadly outbreak linked to contaminated broccoli has left one man dead and nine others hospitalised in southern Italy, prompting a nationwide recall. A man has died and nine others were hospitalised in southern Italy after eating broccoli products suspected by health officials to be contaminated with botulism, triggering a nationwide broccoli recall. Botulism is a rare but potentially fatal …

Cases of chikungunya virus continue to rise in China, as the country battles its largest-ever outbreak of the illness. Another 1,387 cases of Chikungunya virus were confirmed last week, Chinese authorities said, with almost all in the southern manufacturing city of Foshan. It takes the tally to more than 10,000 cases overall, with infections also reported in Taiwan and Hong Kong, …