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Legionnaires’ disease is a rare condition, and incidence is hard to estimate because diagnosis requires a suspicion of ...

In recent weeks, cases have also been identified in Michigan, including two deaths. The disease was named after a mysterious illness that first drew national attention in 1976, when 182 ...

A fourth person has died in connection with a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City. Health officials disclosed the ...

Along with the four deaths, 17 people are hospitalized and there are a total of 99 people who have been sickened by the ...

Health officials in New York City say an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem has grown to 90 cases, including ...