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Officials identify UES cooling towers that had living Legionella bacteria before outbreak - Gothamist

Health July 28, 2026

New York Citys Health Department has identified 56 buildings on the Upper East Side that had active Legionella bacteria living in their cooling towers before an outbreak of Legionnaires disease that �...