In the South Bronx, where a quiet outbreak of Legionnaires' disease had already taken one life and touched nine others, investigators turned their attention to the cooling towers that breathe mist into the city's air — among them, the tower atop Yankee Stadium. The discovery of Legionella DNA at one of the borough's most iconic addresses is a reminder that invisible threats do not observe the boundaries of fame or ceremony, and that the distance between detection and danger is a distinction worth holding carefully. City officials moved swiftly, ordering remediation across all ten affected towe
Legionella detected in Yankee Stadium cooling tower amid Bronx outbreak
One person killed and nine others infected in the recent South Bronx Legionnaires' outbreak; no cases currently linked to Yankee Stadium.