South Bronx Legionnaires’ Outbreak: One Dead as City Probes New Cluster

Five people in the South Bronx have Legionnaires’ disease, including one death, as NYC health officials probe a new cluster in Melrose and Morrisania; cooling towers are being tested and must be drained and disinfected if positive, while clinicians are advised to consider Legionnaires’ disease in patients with compatible symptoms. The outbreak is the second NYC cluster in recent months, and authorities say the illness is not contagious and is treatable with antibiotics.