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The Latino HIV Task Force and its community partners will offer free HIV tests in north, east and southwest Houston on October 15 as part of the annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.
Approximately 7,000 Acres Homes households will receive a visit Oct. 14-16 from Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) employees handing out information packets that highlight the area’s community resources.
The Latino HIV Task Force and its community partners will offer free HIV tests in north, east and southwest Houston on October 15 as part of the annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.
A financial empowerment literacy forum for people with disabilities is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. April 7 at the Kashmere Multi-Service Center, 4802 Lockwood.
A clearer outlook is in store for approximately 3,400 Houston-area schoolchildren.
A large red poinsettia AIDS ribbon, brief speeches by four people living with HIV or AIDS and a candlelight vigil will highlight a program sponsored by the Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) to observe World AIDS Day on Dec. 1.
“A Rich Harvest,” an exhibition of art created by people with severe disabilities, will be on display at the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center, 1475 West Gray, from October 24 through December 31. Display hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays.
City and county health officials are following up on the detection by air sensors of low levels of parts of the bacterium that causes tularemia, a treatable illness occasionally found in humans but more common in rabbits and rodents.
The Latino HIV Task Force, a group of Houston health agencies, will offer free HIV testing October 15 as part of the first National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.