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July will mark the 40-year anniversary of the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a Philadelphia hotel.
July will mark the 40-year anniversary of the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a Philadelphia hotel.
The Health Department today published final rules governing the operation and maintenance of cooling towers. The local law – created in partnership with the City Council in response to the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak last summer – authorized the Health Department […]
In an eerie repeat of events, residents gathered at a second town hall on the recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ in the Morris Park section. Anxious residents filled the room at Maestro’s Caterer’s as local politicians and Department of Health and […]
Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) and Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj (D-Bronx) today announced a partnership with ProHealth Urgent Care in Morris Park for free Legionnaires’ disease evaluations and treatment for seniors and uninsured residents. “Legionnaires’ disease is completely treatable with antibiotics […]
Weeks after the Legionnaires’ outbreak was declared over in a large swath of the South Bronx after claiming 12 lives and infecting more than 120 people, a small cluster was discovered the following day at Melrose Houses, NYCHA development. Four people […]
Late Wednesday afternoon, Bronx State Senator Reverend Ruben Diaz, Sr. released a statement challenging information about the Legionnaires Disease outbreak in the Morris Park section of the Bronx and the death of a Brooklyn man from the disease. In a news […]
One person has died in connection to the recent Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in the Morris Park section of the Bronx, city officials said Wednesday. On September 28th, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced that seven […]
Last night on a long holiday weekend, the city Health Department revealed that three more public housing buildings at Melrose Houses (NYCHA) were found to have legionella bacteria in their plumbing system. Those buildings that tested positive for legionella are: […]
Late Wednesday evening, the city Department of Health and Mental Health (DOHMH) disclosed that a new cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases had appeared at a Bronx public housing development. DOHMH reported there have been four cases of Legionnaires’ at the […]
Opera House Hotel cooling tower Legionella strains match strains taken from patients; Hotel’s cooling tower was disinfected The New York City Health Department’s Public Health Laboratory, in close coordination with the State’s Wadsworth Center Laboratory and the CDC, today announced […]
As the death toll from Legionnaires’ disease has risen to include a twelfth victim, the political sniping between Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio sank to a new low. On Monday, the two Democrats appeared to have competing […]
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz District 32 Bronx County, New York Legionnaires Disease – Not the First Time Governor Andrew Cuomo Has Come to Help the Bronx You should know that Bronx County has been confronted […]
Cuomo: “We’re Taking Matters into Our Own Hands” Gary Tilzer, Blogger at True News, @unitedNYblogs On Friday, Politico New York reported on the gulf between Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio over the recent Legionnaires disease outbreak in […]
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