scholarly journals The 1947 Smallpox Vaccination Campaign in New York City, Revisited

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 960-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent A. Sepkowitz
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Smallpox Vaccination

scholarly journals Interactions among common non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory viruses and influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on their circulation in New York City

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haokun Yuan ◽  
Alice Yeung ◽  
Wan Yang
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Cumulative Incidence ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Moving Average ◽  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Respiratory Viruses ◽  
Syncytial Virus ◽  
The Impact

Background Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and voluntary behavioral changes during the COVID-19 pandemic have influenced the circulation of non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory infections. We aimed to examine interactions among common non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory virus and further estimate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on these viruses. Methods We analyzed incidence data for seven groups of respiratory viruses in New York City (NYC) during Oct 2015 - May 2021 (i.e., before and during the COVID-19 pandemic). We first used elastic net regression to identify potential virus interactions and further examined the robustness of the found interactions by comparing the performance of Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) models with and without the interactions. We then used the models to compute counterfactual estimates of cumulative incidence and estimate the reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic period from March 2020 to May 2021, for each virus. Results We identified potential interactions for three endemic human coronaviruses (CoV-NL63, CoV-HKU, and CoV-OC43), parainfluenza (PIV)-1, rhinovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). We found significant reductions (by ~70-90%) in cumulative incidence of CoV-OC43, CoV-229E, human metapneumovirus, PIV-2, PIV-4, RSV, and influenza virus during the COVID-19 pandemic. In contrast, the circulation of adenovirus and rhinovirus was less affected. Conclusions Circulation of several respiratory viruses has been low during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may lead to increased population susceptibility. It is thus important to enhance monitoring of these viruses and promptly enact measures to mitigate their health impacts (e.g., influenza vaccination campaign and hospital infection prevention) in the coming months.

scholarly journals Lives saved and hospitalizations averted by COVID-19 vaccination in New York City

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Affan Shoukat ◽  
Thomas Nogueira Vilches ◽  
Seyed Moghadas ◽  
Pratha Sah ◽  
Eric C Schneider ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Vaccine Coverage ◽  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Agent Based Model ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Sustained Increase

Despite the emergence of highly transmissible variants, the number of cases in NYC has fallen from over 5,500 average daily cases in January, 2020 to less than 350 average daily cases in July, 2021. The impact of vaccination in saving lives and averting hospitalizations in NYC has not been formally investigated yet. We used an age-stratified agent-based model calibrated to COVID-19 transmission and vaccination in NYC to evaluate the impact of the vaccination campaign in suppressing the COVID-19 burden. We found that the vaccination campaign has prevented over 250,000 COVID-19 cases, 44,000 hospitalizations and 8,300 deaths from COVID-19 infection since the start of vaccination through July 1, 2021. Notably, the swift vaccine rollout suppressed another wave of COVID-19 that would have led to sustained increase in cases, hospitalizations and deaths during spring triggered by highly transmissible variants. As the Delta variant sweeps across the city, the findings of this study underscore the urgent need to accelerate vaccination and close the vaccine coverage gaps across the city.

scholarly journals 1721Cost-Effectiveness of Meningococcal Quadrivalent Conjugate Vaccination Campaign among Men Who Have Sex With Men in New York City

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S461-S462
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Simon ◽  
Don Weiss ◽  
Anita Geevarughese ◽  
Blayne Cutler ◽  
Roy M. Gulick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Conjugate Vaccination

THE EFFECT OF SMALLPOX VACCINATION DURING PREGNANCY ON THE INCIDENCE OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 456-467
Author(s):  
MORRIS GREENBERG ◽  
ALFRED YANKAUER ◽  
SAUL KRUGMAN ◽  
JOHN J. OSBORN ◽  
RICHARD S. WARD ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Premature Infants ◽  
York City ◽  
Congenital Malformations ◽  
Deleterious Effect ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
Smallpox Vaccination ◽  
Live Births ◽  
First Trimester Of Pregnancy

Following an outbreak of variola in New York City early in 1947, more than five million people were vaccinated. Among these there were observed 4,172 women in the first trimester of pregnancy. They gave birth to 68 children with malformations, an incidence of 1.63%. A control, nonvaccinated group of 2,186 women in the same period of pregnancy, gave birth to 30 malformed infants, an incidence of 1.37%. The vaccinated group gave birth to 343 premature infants, a rate of 8.2%, while the nonvaccinated group gave birth to 185 prematures, a rate of 8.5%. Deaths from congenital malformations in New York City during the four months representing the first trimester of pregnancy of the observed women numbered 259, a rate of 48.8 per 10,000 live births. In the corresponding months of the preceding year the number of deaths was 290, a rate of 47.2 per 10,000 live births. There was no apparent increase in the ratios of stillbirths to total births in 1947, during the months when the stillbirths may have been conceived, over the ratios of the corresponding months of the previous year. There is no evidence from these studies that smallpox vaccination of women in the first trimester of pregnancy has any deleterious effect on the developing embryo.

scholarly journals Mass Smallpox Vaccination and Cardiac Deaths, New York City, 1947

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 917-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna E. Thorpe ◽  
Farzad Mostashari ◽  
Adam M. Karpati ◽  
Steven P. Schwartz ◽  
Susan E. Manning ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Smallpox Vaccination

scholarly journals Description of a Large Urban School-Located 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Vaccination Campaign, New York City 2009–2010

2012 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather E. Narciso ◽  
Preeti Pathela ◽  
Beth Maldin Morgenthau ◽  
Susan M. Kansagra ◽  
Linda May ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Pandemic H1n1

An Important Armenian MS. with Greek Miniatures

1942 ◽  
Vol 74 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 155-162
Author(s):  
H. Kurdian
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Christian Iconography

In 1941 while in New York City I was fortunate enough to purchase an Armenian MS. which I believe will be of interest to students of Eastern Christian iconography.

Hospitals: N.Y. Appellate Court Denies Move to Privatize Public Hospital

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
Robert Chatham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Municipal Hospital ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Benefit Corporation ◽  
The City

The Court of Appeals of New York held, in Council of the City of New York u. Giuliani, slip op. 02634, 1999 WL 179257 (N.Y. Mar. 30, 1999), that New York City may not privatize a public city hospital without state statutory authorization. The court found invalid a sublease of a municipal hospital operated by a public benefit corporation to a private, for-profit entity. The court reasoned that the controlling statute prescribed the operation of a municipal hospital as a government function that must be fulfilled by the public benefit corporation as long as it exists, and nothing short of legislative action could put an end to the corporation's existence.In 1969, the New York State legislature enacted the Health and Hospitals Corporation Act (HHCA), establishing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) as an attempt to improve the New York City public health system. Thirty years later, on a renewed perception that the public health system was once again lacking, the city administration approved a sublease of Coney Island Hospital from HHC to PHS New York, Inc. (PHS), a private, for-profit entity.

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