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The Houston Department of Health and Human Services reminds Hurricane Katrina evacuees to visit city, county, hospital district and community clinics for tetanus and hepatitis A immunizations. Emergency rooms are not appropriate locations for immunizations.
All Houston Department of Health and Human Services multi-service centers will open Saturday. September 3 to begin serving as information and referral resources for Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
Health inspections reports for Houston food establishments – ranging from swanky restaurants to mom-and-pop mobile food units and everything in between such as nursing homes, grocery stores and school cafeterias – are now online.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) has detected an upsurge this month in the number of cases of listeriosis, a serious illness that can result in miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery and babies born with the life-threatening infection.
The African-American State of Emergency Task Force, Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) and OraSure Technologies, Inc. will offer free HIV tests June 24 to observe National HIV Testing Day.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) encourages parents to schedule immunization appointments for their children now to avoid long lines at the end of summer.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) recommends residents begin taking precautions against high temperatures to avoid heat-related illnesses
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services will honor 53 medical providers for outstanding immunization coverage rates in 2004 among children at the third annual VFC/AFIX Provider Recognition Ceremony from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27 at the University of Houston - Hilton (Conrad Hilton Grand Ballroom).
The Latino HIV Task Force, a group of Houston health agencies, will sponsor its second annual "Meet & Greet" membership breakfast from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 12 at the American Red Cross, 2700 Southwest Freeway
World TB Day, held on March 24th each year, is a global event aimed at raising awareness about the threat tuberculosis (TB) continues to present and to increase support for the elimination of TB. March 24th also commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of the organism that causes tuberculosis.