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Legionnaires’ outbreak kills five and infects over 100 in New York

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The New York City Health Department has reported five deaths and 108 confirmed cases of legionnaires’ disease, a type of pneumonia, since the outbreak in Harlem was identified on 25 July. It seems to have been spread by mist from 12 cooling towers on top of 10 buildings.1