http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh NYC.gov RSS en Copyright 2016 City of New York Fri, 8 Jan 2016 14:19:53 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2016/pr002-16.shtml The Health Department announced that it had concluded its response to West Africa’s Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak and had suspended its monitoring program for incoming travelers. Last week the World Health Organization formally declared the EVD outbreak in Guinea over after 42 days (twice the maximal incubation period) had passed since the last person in Guinea confirmed to have EVD had a second negative Ebola virus test result. The Health Department issued a Health Alert to providers across the city stating that formal monitoring had ended, and that providers should consult CDC guidance regarding evaluation of travelers from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, consider other travel-associated diseases, especially malaria, when evaluating febrile patients returning from these countries, and implement infection control precautions as appropriate. The Health Department’s response to the outbreak in West Africa began in August of 2014, before the first case of Ebola was reported in the United States. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2016/pr002-16.shtml Fri, 08 Jan 2016 14:00:00 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2016/pr001-16.shtml The Health Department today filed its response to the National Restaurant Association’s (NRA) effort to halt implementation of the city’s sodium warning rule, which will help New Yorkers identify items with excessive sodium content. The response included an affidavit from Commissioner Bassett and was filed in New York State Supreme Court. The parties are scheduled to argue the NRA's claim before Part 15 of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, January 19th. The affidavit can be found on the agency’s website, nyc.gov/health. The sodium warning rule went into effect on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 and will be enforced beginning March 1. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2016/pr001-16.shtml Tue, 05 Jan 2016 14:00:00 EST