
Popular NYC museum tests positive for Legionnaires’ disease bacteria amid outbreak
- NYC confirms Legionnaires' disease outbreak with 23 cases and 17 hospitalizations
- Guggenheim Museum and dozens of Upper East Side buildings test positive for the bacteria
- Pathogen spreads via warm water in cooling towers; treatable with antibiotics
The Guggenheim Museum was among 31 Upper East Side buildings ordered to disinfect cooling towers after testing positive for Legionella bacteria.






