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The Houston Health Department is now offering free updated 2023-24 COVID-19 vaccines to adults and children lacking health insurance or enrolled in health plans that don’t cover all vaccination costs.
Moderna updated bivalent COVID-19 booster shots for children are now available at all Houston Health Department health centers and some multi-service centers.
A Houston Health Department program that helps remove barriers to learning through free preventative dental services is back at full capacity. The Project Saving Smiles mission on March 7-11 was the largest since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Houston Health Department is providing public notification of a breach of health information in its COVID-19 test results portal. The incident is not hacking-related and there is no evidence of malicious intent or misuse of the data.
The Houston Health Department and its agency partners are announcing the schedule for sites offering free COVID-19 tests the week of February 1, 2021. Seventeen FREE+FAST+SAFE testing sites across Houston are on the schedule for the week.
The Houston Health Department and its agency partners are announcing the schedule for sites offering free COVID-19 tests the week of January 25, 2020. Sixteen FREE+FAST+SAFE testing sites across Houston are on the schedule for the week.
The Houston Health Department is opening 1,600 new COVID-19 vaccination appointment slots for the week of January 25, 2021. The appointments are for first doses only.
The Houston Health Department is opening 1,600 new COVID-19 vaccination appointment slots for the week of January 25, 2021. The appointments are for first doses only.
The Houston Health Department launched today online registration allowing Houstonians at the highest risk of coronavirus disease to schedule appointments to receive free COVID-19 vaccinations. A Spanish version is anticipated to launch later in the day.
The Houston Health Department and its agency partners are announcing the schedule for sites offering free COVID-19 tests the week of December 28, 2020.