Latest NYC Legionnaires’ disease outbreak rises to 59 cases — with bacteria now detected for first time across park, at posh UWS building
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- Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage escalated across 5 distinct news outlets with 6 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 3.
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"Latest NYC Legionnaires’ disease outbreak rises to 59 cases — with bacteria now detected for first time across park, at posh UWS building" is generating significant coverage in the Health category, with 6 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include ABC7 New York, The New York Times, ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos and NBC New York. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Synthesized under Newsylist open intelligence methodology from multi-source international newsroom telemetry. Updated 69d ago.
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