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The Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care (BARC) will organize 11 pet adoption events throughout Houston in September. Visit an adoption site and encourage friends to stop by to adopt a pet.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will sponsor an expo targeting grandparents and other family members who care for children, seniors or ill relatives.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) has set a back-to-school schedule for August at community sites providing copies of birth certificates, required by most school districts upon a student’s initial enrollment.
The Third Annual Hip Hop for HIV Awareness Intervention, a four-day screening event, will reward 15,000 teens and young adults tested for HIV and syphilis with a concert.
The Latino HIV Task Force, a group of health agencies and community organizations, will offer free HIV tests on June 27 as part of the annual National HIV Testing Day.
The Latino HIV Task Force and Katine & Nechman, L.L.P. will present “The Face of HIV” and “Immigration Issues Affecting Latino Women and Girls with HIV” during a symposium on March 10 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 1111 North Loop West, Suite 180.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services reminds Hurricane Katrina evacuees to visit city, county, hospital district and community clinics for tetanus and hepatitis A immunizations. Emergency rooms are not appropriate locations for immunizations.
All Houston Department of Health and Human Services multi-service centers will open Saturday. September 3 to begin serving as information and referral resources for Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
Health inspections reports for Houston food establishments – ranging from swanky restaurants to mom-and-pop mobile food units and everything in between such as nursing homes, grocery stores and school cafeterias – are now online.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) has detected an upsurge this month in the number of cases of listeriosis, a serious illness that can result in miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery and babies born with the life-threatening infection.