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City and county health officials are following up on the detection by air sensors of low levels of parts of the bacterium that causes tularemia, a treatable illness occasionally found in humans but more common in rabbits and rodents.
The Latino HIV Task Force, a group of Houston health agencies, will offer free HIV testing October 15 as part of the first National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.
The City of Houston's Heat Emergency Plan will go in effect starting Tuesday, August 5. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory expected to remain in effect for southeast Texas the rest of the week. A heat advisory is issued when the heat index, a computation of the air temperature and humidity, reaches 108 degrees for two consecutive days.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services will provide vaccinations to children heading off to school at four local shopping malls weekdays in August from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The season’s first cases of arboviral infection were reported in two people by the Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) today.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will relocate many of its immunization community sites to Women Infants and Children (WIC) clinics on July 7.
The City of Houston has activated its Heat Emergency Plan. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory expected to remain in effect for southeast Texas through Thursday, June 26. A heat advisory is issued when the heat index, a computation of the air temperature and humidity, reaches 108 degrees for two consecutive days.
The Urban AIDS Ministry Task Force will sponsor the fourth annual Black Church Lights the Way Conference and Luncheon on Friday, June 20, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Agnes Baptist Church, 3730 South Acres Drive.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) and agencies involved with the Mayor’s HIV Task Force will offer free HIV testing June 27 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. as part of National HIV Testing Day.