New York City lawmakers are discussing a new bill Monday requiring building owners to report legionella bacteria sooner to ...

New York City lawmakers are discussing a new bill Monday requiring building owners to report legionella bacteria sooner to try to prevent future outbreaks. CBS News New York's Nick Caloway reports.

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Poorly maintained hot tubs can support Legionella growth and release contaminated droplets that cause Legionnaires’ disease ...

This water cooling tower contained legionella pneumophila bacteria, which may have helped cause an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the Bronx in 2015. Another outbreak, in Harlem, has recently ...

A bill facing a hearing Monday would require cooling tower owners to notify city health officials when bacteria levels reach a much lower threshold.

Legionella outbreaks in bathing facilities and nursing care facilities have been reported repeatedly. Public institutions, ...

Legionella bacteria have been detected in a cooling tower at Yankee Stadium as the South Bronx neighborhood has been grappling with a recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that has killed one ...

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A swimming centre in St Helier has closed temporarily due to the discovery of bacteria. Aquasplash said during one of its routine tests on Friday it found Legionella bacteria in a "number of water ...

A nine-year analysis of nearly 2,000 Legionnaires' disease cases in Italy's Lazio Region reveals that advanced age, male sex, comorbidity, smoking, urban residence and rainfall each ...

New York City officials ordered 10 Bronx cooling towers cleaned after samples tested positive for Legionella, including one at Yankee Stadium. No cases have been linked to the stadium.