- A fifth person has died in New York City's Legionnaires' disease outbreak, which has sickened at least 72 people.
- The outbreak is centered on Manhattan's Upper East Side, with eight people currently hospitalized and 56 discharged.
- Health officials have identified Legionella bacteria in 34 cooling towers across 33 buildings, all of which have been cleaned, but the exact source remains unknown.
- An encouraging sign is that no new patients have reported symptoms in the past 10 days, indicating a potential slowdown in the outbreak.
- Despite tougher testing rules and increased funding following a previous deadly outbreak in Harlem, an attorney representing victims states there is "no excuse for this to keep happening."
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