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Houston Health Department confirms second monkeypox case
Statement from City departments regarding Sterlingshire Apartments
Houston Health Department confirms Houston's first monkeypox case
The Houston Health Department encourages people to stay safe as the National Weather Service warns of hot weather this week.
Houston City Council unanimously voted on Wednesday to add electronic smoking devices to the city’s existing smoking ordinance, originally approved in 2007.
A Houston Health Department program that helps remove barriers to learning through free preventative dental services is back at full capacity. The Project Saving Smiles mission on March 7-11 was the largest since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the most comprehensive survey of the health and nutritional status of the U.S. population, is coming once again to Houston/Harris County, starting January 7, 2022.
City and county health officials are following up on the detection by air sensors of low levels of two bacteria brucella and Fransicella tularensis. The monitor detected brucella on December 10 and 13 and Fransicella tularensis on December 16. The detections occurred on the east side of Houston and Harris County.
Due to cooler temperatures in the Houston area, the Houston Department of Health and Human Services has announced the excessive heat advisory has ended.
A new federal grant and local bond funds will enable the Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) to renovate 250 inner-city homes with lead-based paint, a health risk to young, developing children.