Legionnaires' -- United States
The New York City Health Department is investigating a community cluster of Legionnaires' disease in Lower Washington Heights. In the past 7 days, 8 people have been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease. The cases are all from the same 20-block area. All but one person has been hospitalized, and one person has been discharged. Ages of the individuals range from younger than 40 to older than 80 [years], but most affected people were 50 years of age and older. There have been no deaths
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5905733&promed&0
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