The Brief
- The New York City Health Department is investigating a community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in the South Bronx.
- Five people were diagnosed with the disease, and one has died in connection with the cluster.
- “Community health workers will be canvassing the neighborhood,” Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin confirmed in a press release.
THE BRONX – One person has died in connection with a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease after five were diagnosed with it in the Bronx.
1 dead from Legionnaires’ in the Bronx
What we know:
The New York City Health Department is investigating a community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in the South Bronx.
Five people were diagnosed with the disease, and one has died in connection with the cluster.…