New York City’s largest outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in years has sickened at least 108 people and killed at least five, and has officials scrambling to contain the outbreak. But public health ...

Some viruses, known as bacteriophages, only infect bacterial cells, often destroying those bacteria in the process. Bacteriophages or phages .. | Microbiology ...

The dog days of summer are still upon us, and with that comes an increase in the usage of air conditioning systems. While it is very rare to get sick from a portable or window-installed air ...

Six people in New York City have died this summer from Legionnaires’ disease, and more than 100 others have been sickened. Legionella bacteria and other bacteria grown from the same water ...

The City Council approved legislation Thursday to ramp up testing requirements of building cooling towers for Legionnaires’ Disease, after an outbreak in Harlem over the summer sickened 114 ...

Two individuals have contracted Legionnaires’ disease near the Alden Valley Ridge Rehabilitation and Health Center in ...

Legionnaires’ disease was named after a large outbreak in Philadelphia sickened hundreds of American Legion veterans in the summer of 1976. American Legion members attend a consumer protection ...

While your portable air conditioner won't put you at risk for Legionnaires' disease, you might want to be careful if you have a central air system. The dog days of summer are still upon us, and with ...