A Legionnaires' outbreak in Harlem has prompted concerns about NYC's health oversight after a decline in cooling tower inspectors, despite funding increases. Former Governor Cuomo seeks an independent ...

A law firm filed a lawsuit Aug. 20 against a New York City hospital’s construction company, alleging the company failed to treat bacteria-infected water in its cooling towers, leading to a ...

HealthDay News — A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem has now caused four deaths and sickened 101 people, New York City health officials confirmed. The bacteria that cause the illness, ...

The New York City Health Department has reported five deaths and 108 confirmed cases of legionnaires’ disease, a type of pneumonia, since the outbreak in Harlem was identified on 25 July. It seems to ...

Victims of the deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak gripping Harlem will sue the Big Apple for allegedly letting bacteria fester in city-owned cooling towers, it was announced Wednesday.

About one in 10 people who get sick from Legionnaires' disease die from the disease due to complications from illness, CDC ...

The new lawsuit accuses two construction companies of negligence for failing to clear contaminated storm water from cooling ...

Two construction workers who contracted Legionnaires’ disease while on the job in Harlem are suing over what attorney and ...

As health officials investigate the cause, News 12 took a look at the latest inspections of cooling towers, specifically in ...

A new lawsuit is accusing a construction company of neglecting to clean stormwater from the cooling towers behind the deadly ...

Two construction workers who claim they contracted Legionnaires' disease while working at or near Harlem Hospital Center are ...

An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York was "completely preventable," civil rights attorney Ben Crump says.