NYC Legionnaires’ disease cluster on Upper East Side grows to 36 cases
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NYC health officials are investigating a community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side after 36 people became sick and 22 were hospitalized. The NYC Health Department said the cluster is in the Upper East Side neighborhoods of Carnegie Hill and Yorkville.
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The Upper East Side has 18 confirmed cases. The post Central Park Visitors Warned by NYC Officials of Legionnaires’ Outbreak first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .
Aerial view of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park and the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where New York City officials are investigating a cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases. Anyone who has visited the east side of Central Park between East 76th Street and East 97th Street should also m…
New York City health officials are sounding the alarm following a sudden outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side. The cluster has already hospitalized over a dozen people, prompting a swift investigation by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as they race to id…
By: Jordan Baker Health officials are investigating a growing outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease on Manhattan’s Upper East Side after the number of confirmed cases rose sharply to 14, prompting increased concern among residents and visitors in two neighborhoods.
New York City health officials are investigating a Legionnaires' disease cluster in two Upper East Side neighborhoods. As of July 6, there have been 23 cases, 17 hospitalizations and no deaths.
UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) --- After 23 cases of Legionnaires' disease were reported on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, officials are working to determine the source. That number has been growing since we first learned of two cases on Thursday and is expected to keep rising as testing incr…
An ongoing cluster of the illness has sickened 23 people. That’s not unusual: Most years, 200 to 700 people in the city are diagnosed with the disease.
Another summer, and yet another outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has hit a New York City neighborhood. This time, the Upper East Side has become the hot zone of the outbreak, with the city’s Department of Health reporting 23 confirmed cases as of Tuesday morning.
UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) — The number of confirmed Legionnaires’ disease cases linked to the Upper East Side outbreak has risen to 28, city officials said Tuesday. The Health Department said 21 of those cases remain hospitalized.
The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side (UES) continues to sicken more New Yorkers, as the city reported 28 patients infected with the contagion as of Wednesday morning while announcing new measures to address the public health concern.
UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) -- The number of people infected with Legionnaires’ Disease on the Upper East Side has risen to 36. City Health officials are getting the word out about the emergency so residents can know what to do if they get sick.
NYC health officials are investigating a community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side after 36 people became sick and 22 were hospitalized. The NYC Health Department said the cluster is in the Upper East Side neighborhoods of Carnegie Hill and Yorkville.
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The city reported 36 cases of Legionnaires’ disease as of Wednesday, as an outbreak of the illness continues to hit Manhattan’s Upper East Side (UES). Of the total cases, 22 people have now been hospitalized, up from 21 a day ago.
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at https://www.healthbeat.org/newsletters. As the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene tries to identify the source of the Legionnaires’ outbreak on the Upper East Side, elected officials and residents …
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