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Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in New York City Linked to Cooling Towers


Fifty-eight people have been infected—and two have died—in a New York City outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease—a severe type of pneumonia caused by a bacterium commonly associated with air-conditioning systems and cooling towers

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