Legionnaires, New York
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The New York City Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Central Harlem is growing. Is it contagious? How do you get it? What Kentucky needs to know.
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Woman with pneumonia describes symptoms amid Legionnaires' outbreak: 'My body is hurting really bad'
The symptoms of Legionnaires' disease sound similar to that of the flu. "I got the chills, I started sweating," she said. But Tribble said it didn't feel like any illness she's had before. "I have asthma. I'm scared because I don't know what's going on with my body," she said.
New York City’s ongoing outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem, which has killed three people and sickened dozens more, is the latest in a series of similar clusters that have made headlines in recent years, usually in the summer months.
New York City health officials are expected to give an update Thursday on the deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Harlem that has killed three people and sickened nearly 100 since late July, as the latest patient counts suggest the numbers may be leveling off.
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