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The Houston Health Foundation welcomed Optometry Giving Sight today as a new partner in the See to Succeed children’s vision safety net program.
he Houston Health Department is recommending children and adults and people with lung disease such as asthma avoid all outdoor exertion. Everyone else, especially children, should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
The Houston Department of Health will offer free child immunizations and highlight many of the services at its health centers as part of National Health Center Week.
Free cervical, breast cancer screenings to benefit uninsured, underinsured women
The Houston Health Department’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program and the Houston Food Bank will provide free healthy meals to children during summer appointments at nine WIC centers across the city.
Local public health officials, health care providers, infectious disease experts, community-based organizations and government leaders will convene at the Zika Birth Defects Symposium to help strengthen Houston’s efforts to combat the Zika virus.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) is expanding H1N1 vaccinations from high risk groups to anyone wanting protection against the flu.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will set up four H1N1 vaccination sites Saturday, Nov. 7, to target people who have been unable to obtain a vaccine because of weekday work schedules.
Injectable H1N1 vaccines are now extremely limited at each of the nine Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) vaccination sites.
H1N1 injectable vaccines for children under 4 years of age with underlying health conditions and children under age 2 are no longer available at vaccination sites operated by the Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS).