Health Alert Network (HAN)
The Health Alert Network (HAN) contains public health information for medical providers, including:
- Up-to-date health alert information, delivered to your inbox and archived on the web
- An online document library on public health topics
- An online community to exchange information and ideas with colleagues
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| Emergency Reporting Phone Numbers | ||
|---|---|---|
| General Information: 311 or 1-877-692-3647 | Bureau of Communicable Disease Reportables: 1-866-NYC-DOH1 (866-692-3641) | |
| Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222 or 212-POISONS (212-764-7667) | Terrorism Hotline: 1-888-NYC-SAFE (888-692-7233) | |
| Office of Emergency Management: 718-422-8700 | Chief Medical Examiner: 212-447-2030 | |
Please note that all health alerts and advisories are in PDF format. You need to have Adobe Reader to read PDF files.
Alerts
- Alert #39: Update on Measles Outbreak in New York City in the Orthodox Jewish Community
- Alert #38: Measles Outbreak in New York City in the Orthodox Jewish Community
- Alert #37: Investigation of a Legionnaires’ disease Cluster in Lower Washington Heights, Manhattan
- Alert #33: Heat Health Advisory
- Alert #30: Heat Health Advisory
- Alert #27: Heat Health Advisory
- Alert #21: Heat Health Advisory
- Alert #17: Heat Health Advisory
- Alert #15: Investigation of a Legionnaires’ disease Cluster in Lower Washington Heights, Manhattan
- Alert #14: West Nile Virus: Detection of First Human Case and Positive Mosquito Pools in 2018
- Alert #13: Heat Health Advisory
- Alert #10: Test for Legionella in Adults with Pneumonia
Advisories
- Advisory #36: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in Queens
- Advisory #35: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in Bronx and Queens
- Advisory #34: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in Bronx and Queens
- Advisory #32: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in Queens
- Advisory #31: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in Manhattan and Staten Island
- Advisory #29: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in Bronx & Brooklyn
- Advisory #28: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in Brooklyn and Queens
- Advisory #26: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in Staten Island
- Advisory #25: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in Queens
- Advisory #24: Update on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
- Advisory #23: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in Brooklyn
- Advisory #22: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in Staten Island
- Advisory #20: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in Staten Island
- Advisory #19: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in Queens and Staten Island
- Advisory #18: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in Bronx
- Advisory #16: Pesticide Spraying Notification to Reduce Mosquito Activity and Control West Nile Virus in the Bronx
- Advisory #12: Celebrate NYC Pride by Offering Guidelines-Based Preventive Services to Men and Transgender Persons Who Have Sex with Men
- Advisory #11: Bicillin L-A (Penicillin G Benzathine) Shortage Resolved
- Advisory #9: Help Prevent Heat-Related Illness and Death among At-Risk Patients
- Advisory #8: Tickborne Disease Advisory
- Advisory #7: Cluster of Synthetic Cannabinoid (K2)-Related Adverse Events and Emergency Department Visits, New York City
- Advisory #6: Elevated Levels of Mercury in Certain Skin-Lightening Creams and Medicated Soaps
- Advisory #6: Elevated Levels of Mercury in Certain Skin-Lightening Creams and Medicated Soaps
- Advisory #5: Largest Increase in Tuberculosis Cases Since 1992
- Advisory #4: Health Department reminds providers to prepare patients with asthma for spring pollen season
- Advisory #3: Influenza Advisory
- Advisory #2: Influenza Advisory
- Advisory #1: Influenza Advisory
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