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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 estimated rate of HIV incidence in Houston (43.6 per 100,000 persons) is almost two times greater than the national rate of new infections (22.8 per 100,000 persons) according to data released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and analysis of data reported in Houston and Harris County.
Latino HIV Task Force to offer free HIV testing Oct.15 during National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
Latino HIV Task Force to offer free HIV testing October 15 during National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
HDHHS Conducting Rapid Community Health Assessment In Response To Growing Needs Due To Hurricane Ike
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) is conducting a rapid community health assessment to help link residents impacted by Hurricane Ike with health care and human services.