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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 […]

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Anxious Bronx Residents Overflow Legionnaires’ Town Hall

Monday night’s overflow crowd at the Legionnaires’ Town Hall is an indication of the anxiety felt by Bronx residents living in the outbreak zone. Shortly before the meeting began the Health Department (DOHMH) announced that the number of deaths had increased […]

Health Dept ID’s Sources of Legionnaires’ Disease, Confuses Public

Health Dept ID’s Sources of Legionnaires’ Disease, Confuses Public

City identified two sources of Legionella, and affected units have begun the process of remediation City continues aggressive testing and monitoring City health officials have identified and are overseeing the cleaning of two sources of Legionnaires’ disease in the South […]