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The Houston Health Department (HHD) will seek to lessen the burden that asthma places on the lives of about 364,000 Houstonians, Mayor Sylvester Turner and public health professionals announced Thursday.
A weeklong awareness effort to curb the growing misuse and addiction to prescription pain medication in the region, where deaths in Harris County associated with opioid overdose are up 135% since 2013, was announced today at Houston City Hall by officials of the Houston Health Department, area municipalities and the University of Houston at Sugar Land in partnership with HCA Houston Healthcare.
Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Houston Health Department will celebrate the grand re-opening of the newly renovated J. W. Peavy Senior Center on Thursday, September 12 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The Houston Health Department confirms a fourth case of severe pulmonary disease associated with the use of e-cigarette products. The case involves an adult in the 18 to 39 age range.
The City of Houston and local agencies are working closer together to increase suicide awareness and prevention support for those who have bravely served our country, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Thursday in conjunction with the start of National Suicide Prevention Month.
The Houston Health Department is working to address the opioid crisis before it becomes an epidemic in the city. Two recent grants, the first of their kind awarded to the health department, focus on reducing overdose deaths, referring people to treatment, providing education and improving data collection.
The Houston Health Department applauds Texas lawmakers and Governor Abbott for raising the minimum age to purchase cigarettes, e-cigarettes and other tobacco products to 21.
The greater Houston area so far this year has experienced two disease outbreaks easily preventable by vaccines. Six children from counties surrounding Houston became infected in early 2019 with measles, a highly contagious disease that can prove fatal, and a mumps outbreak detected mid-year among county jail inmates now totals 20 cases.
City of Houston cooling centers, consisting of 11 multi-service centers, 60 community centers and 40 library locations remain available during business hours, however the City of Houston Public Health Heat Emergency Plan has been suspended, including free METRO rides to designated cooling centers.
The City of Houston has activated its Public Health Heat Emergency Plan. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory expected to remain in effect for Houston until 7 p.m. Thursday and additional advisories are possible through the weekend.