The New York Health Department announced Friday that an investigation is being conducted into a community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in the Highbridge neighborhood in the Bronx and adjacent areas.
Since May 9, four individuals have been diagnosed with the disease—a type of pneumonia characterized by flu-like symptoms, cough, fever, muscle aches, diarrhea, and breathing difficulties—with results pending for other people.
According to a press release by the health department, no one associated with the cluster has been reported dead. At 10 percent, the mortality rate for Legionnaires’ disease is high. It can be treated with antibiotics when caught early and is not found to be contagious generally….