Deep underground, bacteria may be capable of doing something remarkable: trapping toxic uranium before it spreads. When ...

The city released a set of over 30 addresses where cooling towers tested positive for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease. Although a positive test doesn't signify if the building was the ...

More than a dozen Upper East Side buildings have been added to the list of addresses that tested positive for the live bacteria causing the Legionnaires' outbreak, the health department said in its ...

Thirty-four cooling towers at 33 buildings on the Upper East Side tested positive for live Legionella bacteria, the New York City Health Department announced Tuesday. Health officials said nine towers ...

New York City is managing a community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases on the Upper East Side that officials believe is tied to bacteria found in cooling towers. Towers on 76 buildings on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Building cooling towers and other warm, wet environments are particularly vulnerable to Legionella bacteria. - Francis ...

A fifth person has died as a result of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in a Manhattan neighborhood, according to the city's health department, which also shared that dozens of buildings were found to ...

The New York City Health Department on Tuesday added 45 additional Upper East Side buildings that tested positive for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease. Health Commissioner Dr. Alister F.

Nearly three dozen buildings have been identified as potential sources of a life-threatening lung disease as dozens of people contract the illness. New York City is battling another Legionnaires' ...