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My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Houston, a program of the Houston Health Department, and the Houston Health Foundation bring Team Up – an initiative that introduces youth to off-the-field career opportunities in sports – to the Houston Marathon Committee.
Rice University, the Houston Health Department and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today announced the launch of a new project to understand Hurricane Harvey’s toll on people’s physical and mental health.
Three Houston organizations – Avenue, Houston Health Department (HHD) and Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corp. – have teamed up to reduce health disparities and address health and safety conditions impacting Houston’s Near Northside neighborhood in an effort to create a healthier community.
The Houston Health Department supports the Federal Drug Administration’s plan to lower the level of nicotine in cigarettes. The change could save millions of lives by reducing the addictiveness of the deadly habit.
The health department’s upcoming Zika prevention workshops will offer Houstonians education, mosquito prevention tips, demonstrations on properly assembling and installing window screens and free working lunch.
The Houston Health Department is excited to showcase its services and programs at its third annual Houston Health Day, a family friendly event full of free services, activities, games and prizes.