A pair of construction companies overlooked safety concerns, causing a “completely preventable” outbreak of Legionnaires’ ...

Since the outbreak began on July 25, the New York City Health Department has reported 108 cases of Legionnaires' disease in ...

NEW YORK -- A fifth person has died in connection with a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City, health officials ...

A Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York's Central Harlem has now caused four deaths and sickened 101 people, New York ...

NEW YORK -- A fourth person has died in connection with a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City, health officials ...

Legionnaires’ disease outbreak has shaken New York City, killing five and infecting more than 100 residents across Central ...

More than 60 people have fallen ill, including three people who have died, from Legionnaires’ disease in New York City over the past several weeks, according to the city’s health department.

There is no vaccine to prevent Legionnaires’ disease. New York City requires building owners to register their cooling towers and pass routine inspections and testing for the disease.

A little-known illness called Legionnaires’ disease has infected at least 58 people in New York City’s Central Harlem neighborhood in the past two weeks.

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 7, 2025, Section A, Page 13 of the New York edition with the headline: Outbreak of Legionnaires In Central Harlem Kills 3 And Sickens More Than 60.