Legionnaires’ disease was named after a large outbreak in Philadelphia sickened hundreds of American Legion veterans in the summer of 1976. American Legion members attend a consumer protection ...

Research by vector biologist Tereza Magalhaes, Ph.D., investigates the relationships between vectors like mosquitoes, the diseases they carry and factors that lead to outbreaks in human populations.

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NEW YORK − Health officials are still finding cases in one of the city's largest Legionnaires' disease outbreaks in years as they continue monitoring Harlem cooling towers suspected of sickening more ...