<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/downstate-update/2026/july/07-21-legionella-prevention-measures.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>07/20/2026 04:00:54 PM</pubDate><title>Legionella Prevention Measures at Downstate</title><sub-title/><description>As many of you are aware, New York City is currently responding to a Legionnaires' disease outbreak affecting parts of Manhattan. That outbreak has not been linked to our campus, but it is a good moment to update the Downstate community on the work already in place, and underway, to protect our campus water systems.</description><author>Office of Communications &amp; Marketing</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="" alt=""/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/news-events/downstate-update/2026/july/07-21-legionella-prevention-measures.xml</loc><tags><tag>Downstate Health</tag><tag>Facilities Management and Development</tag></tags><categories/></item>