AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Manhattan Legionnaires' outbreak claims seventh life as building violations pile up
A deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak on Manhattan's Upper East Side has now killed seven people and sickened 92, matching last summer's Harlem death toll and raising pointed questions about whether New York City's inspection regime failed again. New York City health officials confirmed the seventh death Thursday evening, announcing that one of six patients still […] The post Manhattan Legionnaires' outbreak claims seventh life as building violations pile up appeared first on American Almanac .
A deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak on Manhattan's Upper East Side has now killed seven people and sickened 92, matching last summer's Harlem death toll and raising pointed questions about whether New York City's inspection regime failed again. New York City health officials confirmed the seventh death Thursday evening, announcing that one of six patients still hospitalized had died from the bacterial lung infection. Five people remained hospitalized as of Thursday. The Health Department said no new cases had been identified since July 21, but the rising body count has done little to quiet critics who say the city moved too slowly to enforce its own rules. The outbreak has centered on cooling towers, rooftop units that regulate…Open