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The Houston Health Department is expanding its efforts to address antibiotic resistance, one of the most urgent threats to the public’s health. Antibiotic resistance happens when the overuse and misuse of antibiotics lead bacteria to develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them.
Holiday seasons typically stir up anticipation of carefree and joyful family gatherings and social events, but festivities can turn into a hardship for people struggling to manage their diabetes or pre-diabetes.
The Houston Health Department (HHD) will seek to lessen the burden that asthma places on the lives of about 364,000 Houstonians, Mayor Sylvester Turner and public health professionals announced Thursday.
A weeklong awareness effort to curb the growing misuse and addiction to prescription pain medication in the region, where deaths in Harris County associated with opioid overdose are up 135% since 2013, was announced today at Houston City Hall by officials of the Houston Health Department, area municipalities and the University of Houston at Sugar Land in partnership with HCA Houston Healthcare.
The Houston Health Department confirms a fourth case of severe pulmonary disease associated with the use of e-cigarette products. The case involves an adult in the 18 to 39 age range.
The Houston Health Department is working to address the opioid crisis before it becomes an epidemic in the city. Two recent grants, the first of their kind awarded to the health department, focus on reducing overdose deaths, referring people to treatment, providing education and improving data collection.
The Houston Health Department applauds Texas lawmakers and Governor Abbott for raising the minimum age to purchase cigarettes, e-cigarettes and other tobacco products to 21.
The Houston Health Department will offer free childhood immunizations to kick off its week-long National Health Center Week observance.
I am Life™ is the city’s first-ever health campaign directly reaching out to African-American and Hispanic members of The LGBTQ community
The Houston Health Department is happy to celebrate National Public Health Week, April 1-7, 2019, by highlighting its work with partners to protect and promote the health and social well-being of Houstonians and the environment in which they live.