Legionnaires' -- United States
New York City health officials have confirmed 16 cases of legionnaires' disease in one Manhattan neighborhood. The city Health Department said on [Sun 15 Jul 2018] that 7 people have been hospitalized due to legionnaires' in the lower Washington Heights area. No deaths have been reported.
Health officials say they have inspected 20 cooling towers and ordered several building owners to increase their use of biocides to kill the bacteria associated with the disease.
The city sees an
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