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Medicare beneficiaries reviewing their 2021 health and prescription drug plan options can get free help from benefits counselors with the Harris County Area Agency on Aging, a division of the Houston Health Department.
Approximately 70 babies per year in the Greater Houston area are born with the painful genetic disorder called sickle cell disease, more than any other region of Texas. Of the estimated 100,000 Americans living with the rare condition, approximately 7,000 are Texans.
Responding to a spike in syphilis cases among women in Harris County, the Houston Health Department (HHD) is launching a campaign urging expectant mothers to seek consistent prenatal care and required syphilis testing to prevent congenital syphilis.
CLARIFICATION: A total of 30 households participated in the survey. Of those, 43% (13 families) self-reported a cancer diagnosis.
HOUSTON - Forty-three percent of 30 Fifth Ward families living in homes located over a creosote contamination plume self-report at least one cancer diagnosis, a health survey released Tuesday indicates.
The Houston Health Department is marking the tenth year of its Coast2CoastRx prescription coupon card by bringing it to hundreds of thousands of Houston homes. The free card, which offers significant discounts on prescription medications, will arrive with city utility bills starting in mid-January.
Twenty people will graduate from the Houston Department of Health and Human Services’ (HDHHS) Community Re-entry Network during a ceremony set for 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, at the Northeast Multi-Service Center, 9720 Spaulding.
The Latino HIV Task Force will offer free HIV tests October 15 in Houston’s north, east and southwest areas as part of the annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.
The Latino HIV Task Force will offer free HIV tests October 15 in Houston’s east and southwest areas as part of the annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.
Employees with the Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will block walk Greater Fifth Ward to give residents information packets featuring community resources located within the area’s neighborhoods.
Wags to Whiskers, a pet adoption event, will offer people an opportunity to adopt a dog or cat from the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care (BARC), 3200 Carr, on Saturday, Sept. 5, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.