Legionnaires’ disease outbreak: Guggenheim Museum among 31 UES buildings with cooling towers that contained illness-causing bacteria

New York City health officials have identified 31 buildings on the Upper East Side, including the Guggenheim Museum, with cooling towers testing positive for Legionella bacteria. While 46 people have been sickened in the outbreak, no deaths have been reported and remediation efforts are underway.
The Guggenheim Museum, Asphalt Green’s Upper East Side campus, a Whole Foods Market and Trevor Day School are among 31 buildings whose cooling towers preliminarily tested positive for Legionella bacteria amid a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has sickened 46 people, city health officials said Friday.
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