Four people dead from Legionnaires' disease in New York

Four people have died from Legionnaires' disease in New York since mid-July and another 55 are currently hospitalized, city health officials said Monday. In total, 71 people in the city have caught the form of pneumonia, spread by bacteria discovered in the cooling towers of several buildings in the south Bronx neighborhood. Authorities have inspected 22 buildings and tested 17 cooling towers, of which five -- including that of Lincoln Hospital and one hotel -- were found to harbor the Legi