The Bureau of Communicable Disease conducts case investigations for 73+ infectious diseases, provides consultation and educational outreach to medical/veterinary providers and the public, performs routine, systematic analyses to track disease trends, characterizes clinical and local epidemiologic features, identifies exposures, risk factors, and populations at risk to prioritize and target prevention efforts. In addition to developing and maintaining syndromic surveillance systems to routinely monitor illness patterns and provide situational awareness during public health emergencies (e.g., ED visits, pharmaceutical sales) the Bureau, conducts special projects, evaluations, and epidemiologic studies and, provides infectious disease consultation when planning for and during biological public health emergencies , such as bioterrorism or pandemic influenza.

For a list of the reportable diseases visit: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/providers/reporting-and-services/notifiable-diseases-and-conditions-reporting-central.page