Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak Claims Multiple Lives Across Major Cities
TL;DR
A sixth person has died in the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Central Harlem, with the number of cases rising slightly to 111. The outbreak is linked to contaminated water-cooling towers, with remediation completed on all identified towers. Health officials continue to investigate the source of the outbreak through DNA sequencing, despite efforts to control it.
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