Guggenheim Museum among NYC buildings that tested positive for Legionnaires' amid disease outbreak
Summary
New York City's Guggenheim Museum and several other buildings on the Upper East Side tested positive for the bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease during a recent outbreak. The city ordered 31 buildings to clean their cooling towers, but no deaths have been reported and it is unclear if any of these buildings caused the outbreak.Key Facts
- The Guggenheim Museum tested positive for Legionella bacteria but was never closed.
- 31 Upper East Side buildings were ordered to clean and disinfect their cooling towers due to the outbreak.
- Cooling towers are structures on rooftops that help control building temperatures; they can spread Legionella bacteria.
- Tests cannot tell if the bacteria found are alive or dead, so a positive test doesn't confirm the building caused the outbreak.
- Over 50 people have been diagnosed in this Upper East Side Legionnaires’ outbreak; fewer than 20 remain hospitalized.
- Legionnaires' disease causes pneumonia-like symptoms and is caught by breathing in tiny droplets of contaminated water.
- People 50 and older, smokers, and those with lung or immune problems are at higher risk.
- The disease is not spread from person to person.
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