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

Alerts

• 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 #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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