Nationwide concerns over deadly disease outbreak

Legionaire's disease, a severe form of pneumonia, has killed at least six people in New York City since late July and sickened 112 more. This is the largest outbreak that the city has seen since 2015. How did it happen.This is the time of year when unfortunately the type of bacteria that we are worried about, Legionella, grows very quickly. It grows in warm water and spreads through mist containing the bacteria that people inhale. The New York City Health Department has found Legionella in 12 cooling towers ...