AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Legionnaires' disease cluster on Manhattan's Upper East Side claims third life
A third person has died in a Legionnaires' disease outbreak that has sickened at least 74 people on New York City's Upper East Side, and city health officials say the source of the bacteria has only "likely" been eliminated. New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Alister F. Martin announced the death Sunday, the third fatality […] The post Legionnaires' disease cluster on Manhattan's Upper East Side claims third life appeared first on American Almanac .
A third person has died in a Legionnaires' disease outbreak that has sickened at least 74 people on New York City's Upper East Side, and city health officials say the source of the bacteria has only "likely" been eliminated. New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Alister F. Martin announced the death Sunday, the third fatality linked to a cluster of cases concentrated in the Carnegie Hill and Yorkville neighborhoods of Manhattan. Eight patients remain hospitalized. The city's Health Department has urged anyone who recently spent time in the affected area and develops flu-like symptoms to seek medical attention immediately. All three deaths were announced within a three-day span, Breitbart reported , even as health officials insisted the…Open