Legionnaires’ outbreak rocks New York as experts warn of rising climate threat
A Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Manhattan has sickened at least 28 people, prompting health officials to disinfect cooling towers in the area. Experts suggest that climate change is creating more favorable conditions for the bacteria to thrive in urban environments.
This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the CDC shows the Legionella pneumophila bacterium, responsible for causing legionnaires' disease. Photograph: Francis Chandler/CDC/AP This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the CDC shows the Legionella pneumophila bacterium, responsible for causing legionnaires' disease. Photograph: Francis Chandler/CDC/AP New York Legionnaires’ outbreak rocks New York as experts warn of rising climate threat Officials say climate crisis ‘worsening our exposure’ to bacteria as at least 28 people sickened in Manhattan
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