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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.
The number of Houstonians who had COVID-19 could be four times higher than indicated by viral testing, according to new data from the Houston Health Department. The department tested the blood of volunteers from randomly selected Houston households for the presence of COVID-19 antibodies, an indication of previous infection.
The Houston Health Department and its agency partners are announcing the schedule for sites offering free COVID-19 tests the week of December 14, 2020. The week will offer 19 free testing sites across Houston.
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.
Top Hip Hop and R&B recording artists Mike Jones, Bun B, and Harmoné are among the entertainers who will perform at Houston’s World AIDS Day event Saturday, December 1.
The Latino HIV Task Force, a group of health agencies and community organizations, will offer free HIV testing October 15 as part of the fifth annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.
New syphilis cases in the Houston area rose an unprecedented 28 percent in the first half of 2007, an increase the Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) considers an outbreak.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) has confirmed the first human case of West Nile Virus in Houston this year
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) and several communitygroups will offer free HIV tests June 27 as part of National HIV Testing Day.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) and several communitygroups will offer free HIV tests June 27 as part of National HIV Testing Day.