A Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak Has Sickened 28 People in New York City — Here's What to Know
discovermagazine - Learn more about Legionnaires' disease and what the source of the current outbreak in New York City may be.
AI Summary: An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has sickened multiple residents and visitors on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, triggering public-health investigations, building inspections and water-system testing. Officials are working to identify the source and contain the spread while urging clinicians to consider Legionnaires’ in patients with pneumonia-like symptoms.
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