New York City Department of Health's Weekly Vital Statistics Report

Diabetes in New York City.

P City of New York Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Wastewater Pollution Control

BRIEFS on accidental chemical poisonings in New York City from the Poison Control Center, New York City Department of Health; miscellaneous incidents.

Assessing Syndromic Surveillance of Cardiovascular Outcomes from Emergency Department Chief Complaint Data in New York City

BACKGROUND Prospective syndromic surveillance of emergency department visits has been used for near-real time tracking of communicable diseases to detect outbreaks or other unexpected disease clusters. The utility of syndromic surveillance for tracking cardiovascular events, which may be influenced by environmental factors and influenza, has not been evaluated. We developed and evaluated a meth...

New York City Department of Health response to terrorist attack, September 11, 2001.

In response to two jet aircraft crashing into and causing the collapse of the 110-storied World Trade Center (WTC) towers and the subsequent destruction of nearby portions of lower Manhattan, the New York City Department of Health (NYCDOH) immediately activated its emergency response protocol, including the mobilization of an Emergency Operations Center. Surveillance, clinical, environmental, s...