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Eighteen people across three Manhattan ZIP codes have tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease, linked to contaminated mist from cooling towers — no deaths yet, but health officials are urgently asking anyone who visited Central Park’s east side between 76th and 97th Streets since late June to watch for flu-like symptoms and seek care immediately. With 179 cooling towers under review, city crews are treating positive sites, while doctors are alerted to test for Legionnaires’ in pneumonia cases from the area. Unlike household plumbing, air conditioning and showers remain safe — the real risk comes from airborne mist from malfunctioning towers. Officials are moving fast, having caught this cluster early, and are drawing lessons from last summer’s Harlem outbreak to prevent further spread.

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