The Houston Health Department is now offering free updated 2023-24 COVID-19 vaccines to adults and children lacking health insurance or enrolled in health plans that don’t cover all vaccination costs.
 

The City of Houston will open two multi-service centers and a community center on Sunday, September 3, and Monday, September 4, so people without air conditioning can take refuge from the heat during the weekend and Labor Day holiday.

We strongly take issue with UPRR that the letter from the Texas Department of Health found no cancer or other health concerns. 

The City of Houston will open two multi-service centers and a community center on Sunday, August 27, so people without air conditioning can take refuge from the heat.

City of Houston libraries will serve as cooling centers Saturday, August 19, and two multi-service centers and a community center on Sunday, August 20, for Houstonians needing to take refuge from the heat.

The Houston Health Department (HHD) observes National Health Center Week (NHCW) August 6-12, 2023, celebrating services and contributions to public health with free immunizations and waiving administration fees for health center services for children and adults all week.  

The Houston Health Department WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program highlights the overwhelming benefits of breastfeeding this August, National Breastfeeding Awareness Month.

The City of Houston will extend its Public Health Heat Emergency Plan through Sunday, August 6, and will open some facilities to serve as cooling centers to provide a resource for people to take refuge from extreme heat.

City of Houston activates heat emergency plan. Libraries, multi-service centers and community centers available as cooling centers.  

The Houston Health Department is reporting a syphilis outbreak responsible for a 128 percent increase in cases among women and a nine-fold rise in congenital syphilis in Houston and Harris County.