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The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) announces walk-in registrations at various WIC locations from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. on selected Saturdays during October, November and December 2000 for the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC).
The National Weather Service forecasts moderating temperatures for the Houston area beginning Wednesday, September 6. The City of Houston will deactivate the High Heat Emergency Plan on Thursday, September 7.
The City of Houston has activated it’s Heat Emergency Plan. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for southeast Texas, Thursday, August 31. 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 (HDHHS) will open a new Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) service site Sept. 18 in the Gulfgate area, accommoda-ting residents now traveling outside their community for nutritional assistance and health care referrals.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) urges the public to begin preparing for high summertime temperatures. High heat and humidity can cause moderate to severe health problems for the elderly, the very young and people with heart and respiratory problems. During the summer of 1999, 20 Harris County residents died of heat related illness, in 1998, 23 Harris County residents died from the heat.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) announces walk-in registrations at various WIC locations from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. on selected Saturdays during May, June, July and August 2000 for the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC).
Texas Women’s University, the Greater Houston Women’s Foundation and the Houston Department of Health and Human Services will release the results of a recently completed study, The Status of Women’s Health in Houston, Monday, March 20. The study will be presented at the Houston Department of Health and Human Services La Nueva Casa Health Center, 1809 North Main at 1PM on the 20th.