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HDHHS will host a ribbon cutting and open house celebration for its new Diabetes Awareness Wellness Network center.
The Gulf Coast Health Insurance Marketplace Collaborative will help residents in Harris and 12 surrounding counties explore affordable health insurance options through the Health Insurance Marketplace.
Leaders of the Gulf Coast Health Insurance Marketplace Collaborative, a group of local agencies helping area residents sign up for health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act will meet with Mayor Annise Parker, health care providers and representatives with Enroll America and the University of Texas-Health Science Center at Houston at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the Houston Public Library, 500 McKinney.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHHS) has joined the Partnership for a Healthier America and First Lady Michelle Obama in their new campaign encouraging everyone to drink more water.
A Rice University/City of Houston study being published in the August edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds greater risk of cardiac arrest and lower cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in a corridor of Houston that runs right down the middle of the city.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will receive today a national award for its community health assessments of disadvantaged Houston neighborhoods.
People diagnosed or at risk for diabetes can enroll in free fitness, nutrition and cooking classes sponsored in January and February by the Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS).
City and county health officials are following up on the detection by air sensors of low levels of two bacteria brucella and Fransicella tularensis. The monitor detected brucella on December 10 and 13 and Fransicella tularensis on December 16. The detections occurred on the east side of Houston and Harris County.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will begin providing flu shots to people at high-risk of developing a serious case of influenza or influenza-related complications on Monday, Dec. 20.
Local public health authorities and infectious disease experts from the Texas Medical Center held a press conference today to provide an update on the local status of the national flu vaccine shortage. The vaccine shortage, caused by the failure of the pharmaceutical company Chiron to deliver 48 million doses of adult vaccine, has caused nationwide concern about the upcoming influenza season.