Caroline Lewis
Articles by Caroline Lewis
Caroline Lewis is on the health care beat for WNYC and Gothamist. She has covered COVID, a nurses' strike, the overdose crisis and New York’s marijuana legalization effort, and spent a year investigating patients' medical bills. She always wants to hear about how everyday New Yorkers experience the health system. Got a tip? Email [email protected].
The City Council speaker called the Mamdani administration's response to the outbreak "insufficient."
But it takes months to fully train new water ecologists.
Health officials say staying safe in the heat should still be the top priority.
One of these buildings is likely responsible for an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that has sickened 60 people so far, city health officials say.
Nearly 400 New Yorkers have so far caught a form of food poisoning linked to fresh produce.
Owners of 19 of the buildings have already completed the process of cleaning and disinfecting their contaminated water-cooling towers.
The bacteria that grow in water cooling towers are likely the cause of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side
The city's health department is testing all water cooling towers in the area for the bacteria that causes the severe form of pneumonia.
In New Jersey alone, the number of deaths reached 29.
So far 46 cases have been reported, 22 requiring hospitalization, and no deaths.
The new city budget includes $3M for hiring community health workers to help people navigate the changes.
The hospital system denied that anyone is being laid off and called the New York State Nurses Association’s claims "misleading."
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