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  "slug": "legionnaires-disease",
  "title": "Legionnaires Disease",
  "canonical_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/signals/legionnaires-disease/",
  "json_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/data/signals/legionnaires-disease.json",
  "summary": "NYC Legionnaires outbreak reporting",
  "why_now": "Recent confirmations of deaths and rising case counts produced clustered reporting across outlets, which is the immediate cause of the spike in searches and coverage.",
  "evidence_summary": "- Multiple news outlets report deaths and rising case counts in an Upper East Side/New York City cluster (The Guardian, amNewYork, CBS). - Coverage is public-health and local-government-driven reporting about an outbreak and fatalities. - Why_this_is_trending explicitly cites outbreak and death reports as the clustering cause.",
  "caveat": "Signal Type: Local News / Civic Event",
  "collected_at": "Sun, 19 Jul 2026 20:30:00 -0700",
  "signal_type": "Local News / Civic Event",
  "score": 88.0,
  "score_field": "adjusted_score",
  "state": "PUBLISH",
  "evidence": [
    "- Second person dies in legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City - The Guardian",
    "- Legionnaires’ disease outbreak: Two deaths confirmed in Upper East Side cluster as cases increase - amNewYork"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Second person dies in legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City - The Guardian",
      "source": "The Guardian",
      "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikwFBVV95cUxQZW5aTVdab25VQVZrbUx2Ym9SVmpBR0ZlQTBseHRfODhWamtXTGNraGxPQkIydjFiZENvYTZqR085QmxPNm9meFFzSEk0Q0NaQ1hoT0dfMUZoTlF3UU04b3I5Rm4yZEQ5OWF0cVZVRFFYM0dNWW12dHpyRlFaWTFlRm4tZTJEVi1XSmhBRnVhNEQ0ZWc?oc=5"
    }
  ],
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