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More than 40 businesses, hospitals and advocacy organizations have joined the Houston Health Department to kick off the Houston Boots Smoking campaign and raise awareness about the smoking cessation resources available to help Houstonians kick the cigarette habit.
Harris County and the City of Houston have earned the state’s top honors for making local changes to prevent and control heart disease, stroke and other chronic diseases.
The Houston Department of Health will mark National Health Center Week with a Family Health Evening on Aug. 10 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The Harris County Healthcare Alliance, the City of Houston, Harris County, along with many partner organizations, will release the newly revised “State of Health Report 2015-2016” on February 18 at the Council for Drugs and Alcohol at 303 Jackson Hill Street in Houston at 1:30 p.m.
The Houston Health Department will extend weekday business hours at six of its multi-service centers the first two weeks in February, making it easier for uninsured people to get help signing up for a low-cost health plan by the Affordable Care Act’s nearing deadline.
Approximately 300 homes with paint responsible for lead poisoning young children will undergo hazard-reduction renovations under a new federal grant and matching local funds awarded to the Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS).
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will present Jan Edwin Drutz, director of the Pediatric Continuity Clinic at Texas Children’s Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, with its first Excellence in Immunizations award in a ceremony Monday, December 9, 2002.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) and numerous HIV/AIDS related organizations will observe World AIDS Day on December 3 with an evening program featuring a candlelight vigil, a large red poinsettias AIDS ribbon and speakers sharing thoughts on living with HIV or AIDS.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services will offer free lead poisoning screenings for children throughout October at numerous locations across the city.
A 96-year-old Houston man is believed to be the second person in Texas to die from West Nile virus infection. The man was admitted to a local hospital on September 3 and passed away on September 6, 2002.