Summary of clinical guidance for health care providers published in 2021, including on topics such as latent tuberculosis infection, childhood vaccination, and influenza.
Counts and rates of unintentional overdose deaths, stratified by demographic and geographic factors. In 2020, there were over 2,000 overdose deaths, an increase compared with 2019. Opioids were involved in 85% of overdose deaths.
Mayor De Blasio holds media press conference to speak about the Omicron variant and speaking about the next steps the city will take to fight against the new variant.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene published this press release titled, "Health Department Launches Coalition to Confront Racism in Medical Algorithms", on November 24, 2021.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene published this press release titled, "Board of Health Passes Resolution Declaring Racism a Public Health Crisis", on October 18, 2021.