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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) --The New York City health department says it should take a week to 10 days to decontaminate cooling towers of a Bronx ... diagnosed among Co-Op City's residents.
THE BRONX (PIX11) — The New York City Department of Health has confirmed that legionella bacteria, which causes Legionnaire’s disease, has been found in cooling towers at Co-op City.
CO-OP CITY, Bronx (WABC) -- A cluster of Legionnaires ... The affected building, in Co-Op City, does not have a cooling tower, so they're looking at internal plumbing to see if the bacteria ...
Authorities said Wednesday there were three cases in three connected buildings at the Bronx development ... does not have a cooling tower, though it was one in Co-op City that was thought to ...
The Bronx has seen an uptick ... may have pinpointed one of the sources. Co-Op City, a sprawling residential complex in the borough, has a cooling tower that has tested positive for the bacteria ...
Health officials have identified a cooling ... people in the Bronx, killing 12 of them, since July, marking the largest outbreak of the disease in New York City history. The tower at the Opera ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)-- City officials ... in the South Bronx that left 12 people dead. The Legionella strain found at the historic Opera House Hotel's rooftop cooling tower matched the strain ...
Off I-95 in the northern Bronx, just past the swamps ... brick and concrete tower blocks. Most residences nearby are single-family, but Co-op City’s 24-story towers shoot out of the ground ...
Diaz was joined Thursday by Zucker and city Health Commissioner Mary Bassett for a tour of the affected neighborhood. The borough president called for additional testing of Bronx cooling towers ...