Another death has been reported in connection to the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem, New York City health officials say. The city health department announced Thursday that the death toll has ...

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The House of Representatives has voted to extend Medicare waivers for the hospital at home program for five years, offering a longer extension for the pandemic-era program after a slew of short-term ...

A proposed New York City law that would require large building owners to regularly test for the presence of Legionella bacteria in their water systems — not just in cooling towers — has been stalled ...

Rainwater left untreated in cooling towers atop city-owned Harlem Hospital fueled the Big Apple’s deadliest Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in a decade, the Rev. Al Sharpton charged Tuesday. Sharpton, ...

The City Council is advancing legislation to require landlords to test more frequently for Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease, after the deadly outbreak in Harlem this summer.

Another person sickened in the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem has died. This is the sixth death reported in connection to the outbreak, which was first reported July 25. As of Thursday, ...