Legionnaires disease outbreak: New York City is experiencing a Legionnaires' disease outbreak with five fatalities reported. Health officials confirmed over sixty-six individuals have fallen ill during the past month. Legionnaires' disease usually begins with fever, chills, cough, muscle aches, headache and shortness of breath, and may also cause chest pain, diarrhea, nausea or confusion. Symptoms typically appear 2 to 10 days after exposure to the bacteria.

A second person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York. The New York City Health Department announced the death Saturday.

Legionnaires’ disease is a form of severe pneumonia caused by a type of bacteria that thrives in warm, stagnant water.