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Houston’s most popular baby names for 2023 are Emma, Mia and Camila and Liam, Noah and Mateo, the Houston Health Department announced today.
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.
The Houston Health Department (HHD) observes National Health Center Week (NHCW) August 6-12, 2023, celebrating services and contributions to public health with free immunizations and waiving administration fees for health center services for children and adults all week.
The Houston Health Department WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program highlights the overwhelming benefits of breastfeeding this August, National Breastfeeding Awareness Month.
See to Succeed, a Houston Health Department program helping address the critical need for vision care by providing free eye exams and eyeglasses to underserved children, reached a milestone Friday. The program served its 100,000th child from the Houston area.
Houston Health Department-affiliated COVID-19 testing sites are open across the city with capacity to test at least 19,000 people daily.
The Houston Health Department urges everyone to take steps now to make holiday gatherings as safe as possible and help prevent a COVID-19 surge in January.
The Houston Health Department is announcing the schedule for sites offering free doses of COVID-19 vaccine during the week of December 13, 2021. Many health department-affiliated free vaccination sites are on the schedule for the week.
The Houston Health Department is announcing the schedule for sites offering free doses of COVID-19 vaccine during the week of December 13, 2021. Many health department-affiliated free vaccination sites are on the schedule for the week.
Genomic sequencing conducted in the Houston Health Department laboratory confirms the Omicron variant caused two additional area cases of COVID-19, further validating community spread.