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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.
We strongly take issue with UPRR that the letter from the Texas Department of Health found no cancer or other health concerns.
City of Houston libraries will serve as cooling centers Saturday, August 19, and two multi-service centers and a community center on Sunday, August 20, for Houstonians needing to take refuge from the heat.
The City of Houston will extend its Public Health Heat Emergency Plan through Sunday, August 6, and will open some facilities to serve as cooling centers to provide a resource for people to take refuge from extreme heat.
Houstonians needing to take refuge from the heat over the weekend due to lack of air conditioning can visit City of Houston libraries on Saturday and two multi-service centers or a community center on Sunday.
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.