The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene published this press release titled, "HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELEASES LEAD SURVEILLANCE REPORT FOR QUARTERS 1 THROUGH 3 OF 2019," on January 21, 2020.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene published this press release titled, "CITY TAKING PRECAUTIONS AGAINST 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS" on January 21, 2020.
This report is submitted pursuant to Local Law 7 of 2012 (LL7), requiring the City of New York to track and report deaths of persons experiencing homelessness.
Prepared and submitted pursuant to Local Law 7 (LL7), which was originally named and passed as Local Law 63 (LL63) by the New York City Council in 2005 before being replaced in 2012 with LL7, requiring the City of New York to track and report deaths of persons experiencing homelessness.
Pursuant to Local Law 25 of 2018, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene published these age appropriate educational materials on opiates awareness and prevention.
This City Health Information bulletin includes a summary of 2019 guidance for Health Care providers on various topics such as asthma, infectious disease, opioid use disorder, and emergency preparedness
Data on premature death among Dominican, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Ecuadorian, Colombian, and Honduran (the largest Latino/a groups in NYC) by sex, country of birth, and leading cause.
Highlights self-reported illicit drug use, including cannabis, ecstasy, K2, cocaine, heroin, and prescription drug misuse among youth in NYC public high schools. Heroin use increased from 3% to 4% 2015 to 2017. Cannabis use did not increase.
This brief presents data from the 2017 New York City (NYC) Youth Risk Behavior Survey on the mental health of NYC public high school students by alignment between their sex (male or female) and gender attribution.