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The Houston Health Department (HHD) confirms seven mumps cases at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Houston. All seven individuals are adult detainees who were detained during their infectious period. There is no evidence the disease was transmitted to anyone outside of the facility.
The Houston Health Department (HHD) encourages people to use National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Feb. 7 as an opportunity to get an HIV test and learn how to avoid acquiring the virus, including the usage of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).
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.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will spearhead an Assessment, Intervention and Mobilization (AIM) project in May to identify health-related issues in Magnolia Park.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS), Mayor Bill White and area medical providers will recognize 89 medical providers with 80 to 100 percent rate of up-to-date immunizations among infant patients.