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The City of Houston's Heat Emergency Plan will go in effect starting Tuesday, August 5. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory expected to remain in effect for southeast Texas the rest of the week. A heat advisory is issued when the heat index, a computation of the air temperature and humidity, reaches 108 degrees for two consecutive days.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services will provide vaccinations to children heading off to school at four local shopping malls weekdays in August from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The season’s first cases of arboviral infection were reported in two people by the Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) today.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will relocate many of its immunization community sites to Women Infants and Children (WIC) clinics on July 7.
The City of Houston has activated its Heat Emergency Plan. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory expected to remain in effect for southeast Texas through Thursday, June 26. A heat advisory is issued when the heat index, a computation of the air temperature and humidity, reaches 108 degrees for two consecutive days.
The Urban AIDS Ministry Task Force will sponsor the fourth annual Black Church Lights the Way Conference and Luncheon on Friday, June 20, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Agnes Baptist Church, 3730 South Acres Drive.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) and agencies involved with the Mayor’s HIV Task Force will offer free HIV testing June 27 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. as part of National HIV Testing Day.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services will honor three medical providers and one of its health centers for exceeding a 90 percent rate of up-to-date immunizations among children in their patient caseloads.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will host a weeklong series of events stressing the importance of childhood immunizations in observance of National Immunization Week, April 13-19.
New statistics from the Houston Department of Health and Human Services indicate infectious syphilis cases in 2002 in Houston and Harris County rose 7.5 percent and nearly doubled among gay and bisexual men, including those who don't identify as such.