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Reporting Diseases and Conditions

Reporting Central

Citywide Immunization Registry (CIR)

eVital

Public Health Lab

Reporting Animal Diseases

Electronic Case Reporting Web Service

Other Reporting Systems


Reporting Disease and Conditions

Health care providers in New York City are required to report certain diseases and conditions to the Health Department. We use this information to track, control and prevent diseases in the city, as well as to detect and respond to outbreaks.

Online reports are made through Reporting Central. Depending on the disease, you can report online, by phone, by fax or by mail.

Infectious Diseases

Infectious diseases fall into four different reporting categories based on how quickly they must be reported. See below to learn more about the four categories.

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Report Immediately Upon Suspicion by Calling 866-692-3641

These diseases must be reported immediately at all times.

A suspected outbreak of disease occurring in at least three people

An unusual manifestation of any disease or condition

A newly apparent or emerging disease, or a syndrome of uncertain etiology that could possibly be communicable

Anthrax

Arboviral infections, acute

Botulism (including infant, foodborne and wound)

Brucellosis

Chikungunya

Cholera

Diphtheria

Glanders

Hantavirus disease

Haemophilus influenzae disease, invasive

Influenza, novel strain with pandemic potential

Measles (rubeola)

Melioidosis

Meningococcal disease, invasive (including meningitis)

Monkeypox

Plague

Poliomyelitis

Q fever

Rabies or exposure to rabies, such as from an animal bite

Rubella (German measles)

Severe or novel coronavirus, such as SARS or MERS-CoV

Smallpox (variola)

Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin intermediate (VISA) and resistant (VRSA)

Staphylococcal enterotoxin B poisoning

Tularemia

Vaccinia disease (adverse events associated with smallpox vaccination)

Viral hemorrhagic fever, such as Ebola

West Nile viral neuroinvasive disease, such as meningitis or encephalitis

West Nile fever

Yellow fever

Zika

Report Immediately Upon Suspicion by Calling 866-692-3641 (High Risk Groups)

The diseases listed below must be reported immediately if the patient:

Handles food

Is a health care practitioner who providers oral care or feeds patients

Is a staff member or child younger than 5 who works at or attends a congregate setting, such as school, day care or camp

Lives or works at a congregate residential setting, such as a correctional or homeless facility

If the cases do not meet the above conditions, then they must be reported within 24 hours online through Reporting Central, or by mailing or faxing a Universal Reporting Form (PDF).

Diseases

Amebiasis

Campylobacteriosis

Cryptosporidiosis

Escherichia coli O157:H7

Giardiasis

Hepatitis A

Paratyphoid fever

Salmonellosis

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)

Shigellosis

Typhoid fever

Yersiniosis, non-plague

Report Within 24 Hours Online, by Mail or by Fax

These conditions can be reported online through Reporting Central, or by mailing or faxing a Universal Reporting Form (PDF).

Anaplasmosis (human granulocytic)

Babesiosis

Chancroid

Chlamydia

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Cyclosporiasis

Dengue

Ehrlichiosis (human monocytic)

Encephalitis

Gonorrhea

Granuloma inguinale (donovanosis)

Hemolytic uremic syndrome

Haemophilus influenzae disease, invasive

Hepatitis B, acute

Hepatitis B in a pregnant or post-partum woman

Hepatitis B test result of an infant born to a positive mother

Hepatitis C, acute

Herpes simplex virus, neonatal infection (infants younger than 60 days)

Influenza-associated deaths of children younger than 18

Legionellosis

Leprosy (Hansen’s disease)

Leptospirosis

Listeriosis

Lyme disease

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

Lymphogranuloma venereum

Malaria

Meningitis, bacterial causes

Mumps

Pertussis (whooping cough)

Psittacosis

Respiratory syncytial virus, pediatric death (children younger than 18)

Rickettsialpox

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Rubella syndrome, congenital

Streptococcus, Group A (invasive infections)

Streptococcus, Group B (invasive infections)

Syphilis, all stages including congenital

Tetanus

Toxic shock syndrome

Trachoma

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Trichinosis

Tuberculosis

Varicella (not shingles)

Vibrio species, non-cholera

HIV, HIV-Related Illnesses and AIDS

You must report cases of HIV, HIV-related illnesses and AIDS within 14 days of diagnosis.

Learn how to report cases of HIV, HIV-related illnesses and AIDS.

Other Conditions

Immunization and Adverse Vaccine Events

All immunizations given to people ages 18 years or younger must be reported within 14 days to the Citywide Immunization Registry (CIR). You may also voluntarily report immunizations for older patients to CIR, but that is not required.

You must report all immunization-related adverse events to the CIR.

Drownings

You must report drownings within 24 hours of the event online through Reporting Central.

Falls from Windows

Report window falls by children 16 years or younger to the NYC Health Department. All falls from a window in a building with three or more units must be reported within 24 hours of the incident.

Call 646-632-6023 Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or call 311 outside of business hours.

After calling, complete the Child Window Falls Reporting Form (PDF) and send the completed form by encrypted email to windowfallprevention@health.nyc.gov. If you are not able to send by encrypted email, fax the form to 347-396-8926, Attn: WindowFall.

Animal Bites

You must report animal bites online within 24 hours.

Food Poisoning

You must report the following cases immediately by calling 866-692-3641:

Food poisoning in a group of two or more people. This includes clusters of diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. It can also include cases of sore throat that appear to be due to consumption of the same spoiled, contaminated or poisonous food, as well as cases of people who ate at the same restaurant or other setting where such food was served.

Cases of neurologic symptoms consistent with foodborne toxin-mediated. This includes, but is not limited to, botulism, comorbid or ciguartera fish poisoning, and neurotoxic or paralytic shellfish poisoning.

Poisoning by Drugs or Other Toxic Agents

You must report poisonings by drugs other toxic agents. That includes, but is not limited to:

Carbon monoxide poisoning. For carbon monoxide poisoning or a carbooxyhemoglobin level above 10%, report immediately by calling 866-692-3641.

Lead poisoning. For cases with blood lead levels of 3.5 mcg/dL or greater in an NYC resident, you must report within 24 hours:

For children younger than 18, fax the report to 347-396-8935.

For people 18 or older, fax the report to 646-632-6105.

For reports after business hours, call 212-764-7667.

Learn more about how to prevent, identify and manage lead poisoning.

Pesticide poisoning. For confirmed or suspected poisonings, you must report within 24 hours online through Reporting Central, or by calling 212-764-7667.

Ricin poisoning. For confirmed or suspected poisonings, you must report immediately by calling 866-692-3641.

Psychosis

Within 24 hours of diagnosis, city hospitals must report online through Reporting Central the first hospital admission of people ages 18 to 30 who are diagnosed with:

Schizophrenia (any type)

Psychosis NOS (not otherwise specified)

Schizophreniform Disorder

Delusional Disorder

Shizoaffective Disorder

Brief Psychotic Disorder

Shared Pyschotic Disorder

Other schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorder

Sterilization

Any facility that performs sterilizations must report all procedures online through Reporting Central on a monthly basis.

Sterilization Reporting Guidelines (PDF)

Additional Resources

How to Report Diseases, Events, and Conditions to the New York City Health Department (PDF)

More Information

eVital: For reporting life events and issuing vital records.

Reporting Animal Diseases