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The Houston Department of Health and Human Services will offer free lead poisoning screenings for children throughout October at numerous locations across the city.
A 96-year-old Houston man is believed to be the second person in Texas to die from West Nile virus infection. The man was admitted to a local hospital on September 3 and passed away on September 6, 2002.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services will offer preventive health services at the Third Ward Multi-Service Center, 3611 Ennis, until crews complete repairs to the closed Riverside Health Center.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services will close all Saturday immunization mobile sites due to anticipated inclement weather from Tropical Storm Fay.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will highlight safety precautions when buying or receiving food throughout September as part of National Food Safety Education Month.
A 52-year-old Houston woman died Friday, August 16, of probable West Nile Virus infection.
A 74-year-old Houston resident has been confirmed with an arboviral infection Monday, July 22. At this time it is not known if the man was infected with West Nile virus or the virus which causes St. Louis encephalitis. Further testing is being conducted.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) announces walk-in registrations will be held at various WIC locations from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on selected Saturdays during 2002 for the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC).
Officials at the Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) report a continuing decline in AIDS case rates for Houston and Harris County since 1997. A recently released federal report which utilized mid-year figures (July through June 1999-2001) and date-of-report data led many media outlets throughout the nation to jump to erroneous conclusions about rising and falling AIDS case rates.