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The Houston Health Department is announcing the schedule for sites offering free doses of COVID-19 vaccine during the week of December 6, 2021. Many health department-affiliated free vaccination sites are on the schedule for the week.
The Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is present in Houston’s wastewater, the Houston Health Department announced Monday night. The detection is the first indication the new variant is in Houston, although a case has not yet been confirmed in the city.
The Houston Health Department is now testing the city’s wastewater for the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of the virus that causes COVID-19. The variant was not detected in the most recent round of wastewater samples collected the week of November 22.
The Houston Health Department, in collaboration with several other local health organizations, will unite with communities around the world to support people living with HIV and remember the lives lost. This year’s World AIDS Day remembrance ceremony and candlelight vigil will be held Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at Sam Houston Park, 1000 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77002, at 6 p.m.
The Houston Health Department is announcing the schedule for sites offering free doses of COVID-19 vaccine during the week of November 29, 2021. More than two dozen health department-affiliated free vaccination sites are on the schedule for the week.
The Houston Health Department is announcing the schedule for sites offering free doses of COVID-19 vaccine during the week of November 22, 2021. Many health department-affiliated free vaccination sites are on the schedule for the week.
The Houston Health Department encourages everyone ages six months and older to protect themselves, their family and community by getting a flu shot now.
Free COVID-19 vaccinations available at more than two dozen Houston Health Department-affiliated sites week of September 27, 2021
Houston Health Department to offer on campus COVID-19 testing in schools
Houston Health Department launches dashboard displaying wastewater virus levels