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Tensions Run High at Morris Park Legionnaires’ Town Hall

Tensions Run High at Morris Park Legionnaires’ Town Hall

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 […]

BREAKING: Legionella Found At Three More Melrose Houses Buildings

BREAKING: Legionella Found At Three More Melrose Houses Buildings

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: […]

BREAKING NEWS: Opera House Hotel ID’d As Source of Legionnaires’ Outbreak

BREAKING NEWS: Opera House Hotel ID’d As Source of Legionnaires’ Outbreak

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 […]