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The Latino HIV Task Force and its community partners will offer free HIV tests in north, east and southwest Houston on October 15 as part of the annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.
Approximately 7,000 Acres Homes households will receive a visit Oct. 14-16 from Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) employees handing out information packets that highlight the area’s community resources.
The Latino HIV Task Force and its community partners will offer free HIV tests in north, east and southwest Houston on October 15 as part of the annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) is urging people to refrain from buying or using “Mi Patria” brand clay tableware because it may contain lead.
A clearer outlook is in store for approximately 3,400 Houston-area schoolchildren.
Musical performances, a New Orleans-style memorial procession, brief remarks by elected officials, a large screen projection of names of people who have died of AIDS and free HIV testing will highlight a program observing World AIDS Day on Friday, Dec. 1.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will begin providing more precise mold and pollen reports on Thursday when it upgrades to newly acquired high-tech equipment.
Testing will be provided from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Almeda Mall, 12200 Gulf Freeway; Club Carnaval, 8150 Southwest Freeway; Clinica Santa Cruz, 8345 Long Point; Alis Beauty Salon, 804 Hogan Street; Westward Square Apartments, 6233 Gulfton and Primavera Soccer Club and Reception Hall, 1030 Aldine Mail Rt.
Local health departments are celebrating encouraging results from the CDC National Immunization Survey (NIS) released September 14, 2006 (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5536.pdf). Houston immunization coverage rate for children 19 to 35 months of age has improved to 76.6 percent, up from 61.7 percent in 2004.
The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program of the Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will sponsor a series of nutritional programs to address obesity among recipients of WIC benefits.