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HOUSTON HEALTH NEWSLETTER

Houston Health is a Quarterly Newsletter for Advisory Councils of the Houston Department of Health and Human Services. Click on the season of the year in the tables below to view the newsletter.

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2005	Lead story in newsletter
Spring	Promoting Dental Health
2004	Lead story in newsletter
Summer	Getting back home safe: an HDHHS program temporarily relocates families of lead-poisoned children to renovate their contaminated houses
Winter	Collaboration between HDHHS, local volunteers culminates in new battle plan against HIV, AIDS
2003	Lead story in newsletter
Winter	Grants allow HDHHS to augment services
Spring	Preparing for Bioterrorism
Summer	Immunizations - making children stronger
Fall	Focus on the Area Agency on Aging

2002	Lead story in newsletter
Winter	HDHHS' Laboratory crucial during calm, calamity
Spring	Department expands West Nile virus surveillance
Summer	Task force to aim HIV/AIDS campaign at Hispanics
Fall	Healthier children

2001	Lead story in newsletter
Winter	DNA tool enhances HDHHS' disease surveillance
Spring	Progress against syphilis, TB, barriers to newborns
Summer	HDHHS steps into action to aid community after flooding disaster
Fall	Lyons marks 50 years of service

2000	Lead story in newsletter
Winter	Mayor declares HIV State of Emergency for Houston African-Americans
Spring	The Houston/Galveston/Brazoria Region Ozone Communication System
Summer	Billboard Campaign Unveiled for African-American HIV/AIDS State of Emergency
Fall	Registry expected to improve child immunization coverage

1999	Lead story in newsletter
Winter	What's with this ozone?
Spring	Houston and the National Immunization Survey
Summer	Houston's Extreme Heat Can Be A Killer
Fall	U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher Visits HDHHS