NYU GPH Journal of Public Health Disasters
A student-led journal driven by the latest research in public health disaster preparedness and management.
The Bhopal Gas Disaster is considered one of the world’s worst industrial incidents. In December of 1984, a defective tank from the U.S.-owned Union Carbide Company began leaking 42 tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas into its surrounding environment. Hundreds of thousands of individuals were exposed to high concentrations of MIC gas due to the chemical plant’s storage tanks’ poorly-designed safety systems.
Continue reading “Shelagh Herzog Presents Bhopal Gas Disaster: An Enduring Tragedy”
On Feb 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, killing 17 and wounding 17 people. According to Sophia Zuniga’s case study, the gunman purchased the gun a year ago before the shooting. He was expelled from the school five months ago. Within 7 minutes, he entered and exited the school while police entered after he left.
Continue reading “Sophia Zuniga’s Case Study on 2018 Parkland Shooting”
The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane in Florida brought winds of intensity greater than 155 mph and was one of the only two storms that caused Category 5 landfall in the US.
Continue reading “Abdulaziz Maher Alshobaki’s Case Study on the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane”
In 1984, a salmonella outbreak was brought to the attention of Wasco-Sherman Public Health Department in Oregon. Out of the 751 affected individuals, 45 were hospitalized.
Continue reading “Rimple Patel’s Report on the 1984 Salad Bar Salmonella Outbreak “
On June 12, 2016, a gunman entered a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and injuring 53. This incident was one of the deadliest shootings committed by a single person in the United States.
Continue reading “James Toussaint’s Case Study on Pulse Nightclub Shooting”
From June 25th to July 1st, 2021, a heat dome struck the province of British Columbia, Canada, causing record-high temperatures over consecutive days. The temperature peaked on June 29th, reaching a high of 49.6 Celcius. Corrinne Joseph Tendo discusses the epidemiological outcomes of this event in her case study.
Continue reading “Corrinne Joseph Tendo’s Case Study on the 2021 Extreme Heat Events in British Columbia, Canada”
The Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013 resulted in four deaths and more than 250 injuries. Brothers Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev detonated two pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the race and fled the scene immediately after.
Continue reading “Erin Waire’s Case Study on Boston Marathon Bombing”
Kenny Isufi conducts a Threat and Hazards Assessment to demonstrate the impacts of torrential monsoon flooding on internally displaced persons and refugees in the Balochistan Region of Pakistan.
Continue reading “Kenny Isufi’s THIRA on the Impacts of Monsoon Flooding in Pakistan”
On May 8, 2018, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo declared an outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease after a cluster of undiagnosed illnesses was reported five days prior.
Continue reading “Melissa Adomako’s Case Study on the 2018 Ebola Virus Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo”
Candida Auris is a very dangerous, drug-resistant, hospital-acquired fungal infection that has been detected in 600 cases in the United States. Yu uses the experience of Stephanie Spoor in 2019 to describe the clinical history and public health outcomes.
Continue reading “Heather Yu’s Case Study on the Superbug Candida Auris”