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New York City health officials are investigating a cluster of 10 Legionnaires’ disease cases on the Upper East Side, the city health department said.
Officials confirmed the first two cases on Thursday. By Friday night, the count had grown to 10, all concentrated in the Carnegie Hill and Yorkville neighborhoods, officials said.
All cooling towers in the area are being tested, according to the department. The cluster, officials said, was not connected to plumbing and residents in the affected ZIP codes — 10028 and 10128 — could safely drink tap water, shower, cook and run air conditioners.
Past outbreaks, including a deadly one last summer, have been the result of the Legionella bacteria spreading through the air from mist let off by cooling towers.
Legionnaires cluster emerging on Upper East Side, NYC officials say
'Mass casualty incident' declared in Pennsylvania due to heat illnesses
A “mass casualty incident” was declared at a Pennsylvania event on July 2 due to heat illnesses impacting dozens of attendees, according to multiple local reports.‘Explosive’ diarrhea illness reported across US. See map of affected states
You may want to be extra cautious with your fresh fruit and veggie platter this holiday weekend: An explosive diarrhea-causing parasite is behind a surge of summer food poisoning cases right before Independence Day.
Cyclosporiasis, a stomach-churning illness caused by a parasite often found on produce, has sickened hundreds across more than 17 U.S. states since May 1, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health data. One state, Michigan, is contending with a cluster of infections that has already more than tripled its total case count compared with 2025.
While state health authorities, the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are working to determine a common thread among the illnesses, a singularly related outbreak hasn't been identified. Instead, the cases thus far appear to be part of a seasonal surge, though officials are searching for a potential throughline.
Cruise ship docked in San Francisco hit by norovirus outbreak
A Princess Cruises cruise ship docked in San Francisco has seen an outbreak of norovirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The CDC said that 102 out of the over 3,000 passengers onboard the Ruby Princess have been affected, along with 23 crewmembers.
Symptoms for those who have become ill include diarrhea and vomiting.
Passengers and crewmembers aboard the Ruby Princess were on a 20-day voyage that began on June 12 and was due to end on Thursday. The outbreak was reported on Saturday, the CDC said.
A representative from Princess Cruises confirmed the outbreak, telling Nexstar’s KRON4, “a limited number of guests reported mild gastrointestinal illness during the 20-day June 12 Ruby Princess voyage from San Francisco.”
“Our crew responded promptly by implementing enhanced sanitation protocols across the ship,” Princess Cruises added.
The CDC says that in response to the outbreak, Princess Cruises and the Ruby Princess crew have undertaken the following actions:
1. Increased cleaning and disinfection procedures
2. Collection of stool specimens from gastrointestinal illness cases for testing
MAHA feels betrayed after Supreme Court ruling on Monsanto, glyphosate
Prominent activists with the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement are raging and saying they feel betrayed after the Supreme Court sided with pesticide maker Monsanto on Thursday and said it did not need to put a warning label about a potential cancer risk associated with its Roundup weedkiller.
The backlash could test the movement’s ties with the Republican Party, especially after the Trump administration backed Monsanto in the case.
Several studies have found a link between glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, and cancer, including a major study from last year. Bayer and Monsanto have denied any such connection.
But MAHA followers have long been alarmed by the idea, and many have grown impatient with a White House that has largely resisted their calls for tighter regulation of pesticides.
In April, President Trump, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and high-level administration officials held a private meeting with MAHA activists to hear their complaints and try to smooth over any ill-will.
Millions dropped ObamaCare plans after subsidies ended
About four million Americans have dropped out of Affordable Care Act insurance coverage this year as costs soared due to the loss of enhanced subsidies.
The figures released late Friday from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offer the most complete look to date at what happened to enrollment after Republicans in Congress failed to extend enhanced ACA subsidies at the end of last year.
The loss of those subsidies spiked many people’s premiums by double digits; the new coverage numbers likely reflect the sticker shock Americans experienced.
Unable to pay, they dropped their coverage.
The report from the health and human services assistant secretary for planning and evaluation said that an estimated 19.2 million people are enrolled in ACA plans as of February.
France cancels events and restricts alcohol consumption amid brutal heatwave
Authorities in France have placed more than a third of the country under a red heat alert, cancelled some outdoor sports events and restricted alcohol consumption at the nationwide Fête de la Musique event amid a brutal heatwave forecast to push temperatures above 40C.
Level 1 or 2 heat alerts were issued on Sunday for about 53 million people, just over 75% of the population. A record 35 of the country’s 96 mainland departments were put on danger-to-life red alert, with another 45 under an orange warning.
France’s ecology minister, Mathieu Lefèvre, said on Sunday that 14 more departments would be on red alert on Monday. “We do not see temperatures falling before the end of the week,” he said, demanding “great prudence and a great many precautions”.
The national meteorological service Météo-France said: “Very high temperatures are setting in for the long term,” with a heatwave of “exceptional severity and duration” likely to break monthly and possibly all-time records.
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