Legionnaires' disease, also called Legionnaires' disease or Pittsburgh pneumonia, is an acute infectious disease caused by various types of microorganisms belonging to the Legionella genus. Just over the past weekend, new patients were found in Florida, Las Vegas and New York,...

Seven people have contracted legionellosis in New York. All cases of infection were detected in the Bronx area, BNO News reported on Monday. The age of the sick is from 45 to 75 years old, all of them are hospitalized. City Health Department Chief Mary Bassett has warned New Yorkers ...

Last month, Coop City, an area in the east of the New York borough of the Bronx, experienced an outbreak of so-called Legionnaires' disease. According to the health department, 12 people fell ill with it. It turned out that the cooling tower (cooling tower) became the source of infection. As part of samples taken from the inner surface of cooling ...