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The National Weather Service forecasts moderating temperatures for the Houston area beginning Wednesday, September 6. The City of Houston will deactivate the High Heat Emergency Plan on Thursday, September 7.
The City of Houston has activated it’s Heat Emergency Plan. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for southeast Texas, Thursday, August 31. 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 (HDHHS) will open a new Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) service site Sept. 18 in the Gulfgate area, accommoda-ting residents now traveling outside their community for nutritional assistance and health care referrals.
"Be Smart. Keep Foods Apart. Don’t Cross-Contaminate," is the theme for National Food Safety Education Month, celebrated in September and observed locally by the Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS).
Volunteer drivers are needed to help deliver hot nutritious meals to home-bound elderly citizens served by a network of Meals on Wheels providers sponsored by the Houston/Harris County Area Agency on Aging.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will discontinue immunization services at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 9318 Homestead, on Aug. 5 and refer those needing vaccinations to other nearby community sites.
The Houston/Harris County Area Agency on Aging in conjunction with the Houston/Galveston Area Agency on Aging and the Texas Department of Insurance will sponsor six Medicare HMO Withdrawal Meetings to counsel beneficiaries on making a smooth transition to the remaining health care options for 2001.
The Third Ward Community Cloth Cooperative's Health Thread, Riverside Health Center's Advisory Council, Riverside General Hospital and other community organizations are hosting the third annual Our Health - Community Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 29. The festival will be held at Riverside Health Center, 3315 Delano and Riverside General Hospital, 3204 Ennis.
The City of Houston and Eller Media will unveil an HIV/AIDS awareness billboard campaign targeting African-Americans, from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., Tuesday, July 18, outside City Hall, 900 Bagby Street. Eller Media donated the use of 150 billboards for the project.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) is holding Health Expo 2000 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from July 10 to July 14 at 8000 North Stadium Drive.