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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK − Health officials are still finding cases in one of the city's largest Legionnaires' disease outbreaks in years as they ...

The bats from this cave specifically have been linked to past outbreaks.

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City has killed two people and sickened 58 since late July. City health officials link the Central Harlem outbreak to cooling towers, structures ...

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NEW YORK − Health officials are still finding cases in one of the city's largest Legionnaires' disease outbreaks in years as they continue monitoring Harlem cooling towers suspected of sickening more ...