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A wide range of professionals in the field of aging and disability will gather at the 2016 Bridges Conference to find the best ways to help the elderly, disabled adults and veterans obtain services and support.
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.
Copies of five books that help people deal with the challenges of providing care to an elderly relative or friend are now available at area libraries.