One person dies amid legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City
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- Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage escalated across 21 distinct news outlets with 36 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 41.
- Primary Driver: 17 news sources are covering this Health story right now — Newsylist is tracking how fast it spreads.
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"One person dies amid legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City" is generating significant coverage in the Health category, with 25 articles from 17 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include NBC New York, Toronto Star, Yahoo News Canada and CP24. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
This brief was generated by Newsylist's extractive engine from coverage metadata only. The latest headlines from every source are listed below; the velocity chart shows how the story is developing in real time.
Generated by Newsylist's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 47d ago.
The reporting (30)
- UPDATE: 50 buildings in UES outbreak zone have tested positive for live bacteria NBC New York · 50d ago
- 5th person dies in Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City Toronto Star · 50d ago
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani hits back at NYC Council Speaker Menin’s charge of mishandling Legionnaires’ outbreak Yahoo News Canada · 50d ago
- Widow of man who died from Legionnaires’ disease plans to file lawsuit CP24 · 50d ago
- Experts reveal how to avoid deadly Legionnaires' disease as NYC outbreak kills 5 Fox News · 50d ago
- Legionnaires disease NYC: Council speaker Menin blames Mayor Mamdani administration as death toll rises to 5 ABC7 New York · 50d ago
- Fifth person dies in New York City amid legionnaires’ disease outbreak The Guardian · 50d ago broke it first
- Fifth death reported in Upper East Side Legionnaires’ outbreak as Council questions city response amNewYork · 50d ago
- Fifth person dies in Legionnaires' disease outbreak in NYC neighborhood USA Today · 51d ago
- 5th person dies in Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City AP News · 51d ago
- NYC Council to weigh Legionnaires' hotline, other responses to UES outbreak Gothamist · 51d ago
- Fifth Legionnaires' death confirmed as dozens of NYC buildings found with live bacteria NBC New York · 51d ago
- Fifth person dies in Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in NYC New York Post · 51d ago
- 34 cooling towers on Upper East Side tested positive for live Legionella bacteria, health officials say CBS News · 51d ago
- Widow of Upper East Side man who died from Legionnaires' disease plans to file lawsuit CBS News · 51d ago
- 4th person dies from Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Manhattan WAVY.com · 51d ago
- NYC Legionnaires' disease outbreak kills fourth victim, 76 cases reported Fox News · 51d ago
- Fourth death confirmed in NYC Legionnaires' disease outbreak NBC New York · 51d ago
- 4th person dies from Legionnaires' disease in New York City: Health officials ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · 51d ago
- NYC scrambled to recruit, onboard new cooling tower inspectors before deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak Gothamist · 52d ago
- Fourth person dies in NYC'S Legionnaires' disease outbreak USA Today · 52d ago
- Exclusive | NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin demands answers from Mamdani after deadly Legionnaires' outbreak New York Post · 52d ago
- 3 people die from Legionella infections in NYC outbreak CIDRAP · 52d ago
- Third death in NYC Legionnaires’ outbreak: Health Department PIX11 · 52d ago
- Family of 88-year-old Legionnaires' victim plans lawsuit as outbreak death toll reaches 4 ABC7 New York · 52d ago
- Third person dies in Upper East Side Legionnaires' outbreak Spectrum News NY1 · 52d ago
- Third death confirmed in NYC Legionnaires' Disease outbreak NBC New York · 52d ago
- 4 dead in Upper East Side Legionnaires’ disease outbreak Gothamist · 52d ago
- NYC legionnaires disease: Air Force veteran, 88, dies in Upper East Side outbreak; family blames cooling tower owner ABC7 New York · 52d ago
- Third person dies amid NYC Legionnaires’ outbreak, officials say The Hill · 52d ago
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