17+ hour, 22+ min ago   (506+ words) The New York City Health Department is advising anyone who has been in or around Yankee Stadium since late August to get tested for Legionnaires’ disease. Credit: Getty Images/Luke Hales People who have attended a game or any other…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (276+ words) An 81-year-old local man was diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease and was in a critical condition after being admitted to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre, according to a statement issued by the Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday. The patient,…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (161+ words) Cooling Post Cooling towers suspected in Spanish LD outbreak SPAIN: Investigations are centred on local cooling towers following a legionnaires’ disease outbreak which has infected 31 people in the Pamplona/Iruña region. The water supply controls and the characteristics of the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (190+ words) Pinning down the origin took most of the season. The Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec sampled and disinfected a series of cooling towers around the sector without landing on a single culprit, and investigators warned that legionella can seed…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (551+ words) Home » Legionella testing – What installers need to know There have been several high-profile cases of Legionella outbreaks in 2026, highlighting the importance of detection and prevention. Unfortunately, Basel experienced one linked to cooling towers, with 26 people falling ill and one person…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (355+ words) Sep 1, 2026, 11:50 AM The deadly outbreak of the legionnaire disease in the Upper East Side has resulted in 94 cases and 11 deaths. As a result of the spread, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the New York City Health Department announced a series of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (806+ words) The New Yorkest podcast. Weekly. Local News for New Yorkers Find our headlines more quickly in Google search results. The Mamdani administration and City Council are laying out dueling plans to prevent future Legionnaires’ outbreaks after the pneumonia-like illness left…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (652+ words) Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria, which thrive in warm, stagnant water, like the kind found in many of the cooling towers topping apartment buildings across the five boroughs. Between 200 and 700 New Yorkers are…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (757+ words) State and city lawmakers push to boost regulations after two outbreaks of the disease over the last two summers New York lawmakers are now trying to better protect residents from the deadly legionnaires’ disease by increasing regulations and inspections of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (334+ words) This 2009 colorized 8000X electron micrograph image provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a large grouping of gram-negative Legionella pneumophila bacteria. TORONTO - Public health officials in Toronto have identified a Toronto Transit Commission cooling tower as the source…...