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The Houston Health Department urges people get vaccinated now against the flu to allow the vaccine’s full protection to take effect by the upcoming holidays.
The Harris County Area Agency on Aging (AAA), a division of the Houston Health Department, will offer free help for beneficiaries signing up for Medicare options during open enrollment beginning October 15.
The Houston Health Department encourages people to protect themselves and their families against the flu by getting vaccinated.
There is still time for Houstonians to get coverage in the Health Insurance Marketplace through the Affordable Care Act.
Representatives from the energy, petrochemical and transportation industries and area hospitals, non-governmental and community based organizations will team up with local public health officials to strengthen preparedness for a possible influenza pandemic at a workshop Nov. 15-16.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will begin providing flu shots to people at high-risk of developing a serious case of influenza or influenza-related complications on Monday, Dec. 20.
Local public health authorities and infectious disease experts from the Texas Medical Center held a press conference today to provide an update on the local status of the national flu vaccine shortage. The vaccine shortage, caused by the failure of the pharmaceutical company Chiron to deliver 48 million doses of adult vaccine, has caused nationwide concern about the upcoming influenza season.