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This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters .

Three people have died, and 64 others have been sickened in an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem that has grown significantly in the past week.

Legionnaires’ disease is a type of pneumonia spread through bacteria that grows in warm water. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene a

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