Legionnaire’s disease is spreading through New York — and now impacting a world-famous museum

An outbreak of deadly Legionnaires’ disease that’s sickened 63 people across New York and now has impacted a world-famous museum.The Big Apple’s Metropolitan Museum of Art – which can see more than 33,000 visitors in a single day – is one of 76 of Upper East Side buildings that have been ordered to clean their cooling towers because of the spread.Cooling towers, which are devices designed to remove heat from water sources and often sit on building tops, can provide an environment where the Legionella bacteria that causes the disease thrives. The pneumonia-like illness typically occurs when people drink contaminated water or breathe in contaminated water droplets, like the mist the cooling towers release. But cleaning the towers can ensure the bacteria remains below critical levels. The mus