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October

25

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of October 26

October

19

Houston Health Department encourages alternatives to traditional trick-or-treating and Halloween gatherings during COVID-19 pandemic

October

18

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of October 19

October

15

Medicare recipients eligible for free benefits counseling from Houston Health Department's Area Agency on Aging

October

11

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of October 12

October

5

Houston Health Department, Greater Houston Restaurant Association launch food service training to help protect restaurant-goers during pandemic

October

4

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of October 5

September

29

Houston Health Department launching COVID-19 mental health support program

September

29

More babies born with sickle cell disease in greater Houston area than other regions in Texas

September

27

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of September 28

September

24

Pinpointing and stopping emerging outbreaks goal of Houston Health Department's COVID-19 wastewater monitoring project

September

20

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of September 21

September

17

Houston Health Department recommends people get flu shot now

September

13

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of September 14

September

6

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of September 7

September

2

Houston Health Department leading antibody testing survey to better understand the spread of COVID-19 in Houston

August

31

Preventing opioid overdose deaths during a pandemic

August

30

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of August 31

August

23

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of August 24

August

16

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of August 17

August

8

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of August 10

August

2

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of August 3

July

30

Houston Health Department launches multilingual COVID-19 education campaign, Mayor Turner proclaims August Better. Together. Month

July

26

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of July 27

July

19

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of July 20

July

11

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of July 13

July

7

City of Houston and Reliant Launch 2020 Beat the Heat Program to Help Houstonians "Stay Cool in Your Home"

July

6

Houston Health Department launches emergency coronavirus outreach program for Hispanics

July

5

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of July 6

June

28

Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of June 29

June

21

Houston sets free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of June 22

June

14

Houston Health Department, partners announce COVID-19 testing schedule for week of June 15

June

8

Houston Health Department, partners schedule free COVID-19 testing for week of June 8

May

31

Houston Health Department, agency partners, announce free COVID-19 test sites for upcoming week

May

24

Houston Health Department, agency partners to provide free COVID-19 tests across Houston

May

16

Houston Health Department and partners to offer more than a dozen free COVID-19 test sites week of May 18

May

13

Houston Health Department hosting virtual job fairs to expand COVID-19 workforce

May

11

Houston Health Department, partner agencies to set up COVID-19 test sites in four new vulnerable communities

May

7

Houston's COVID-19 response focuses on access and equity, contact tracing

May

4

Houston Health Department expands, relocates COVID-19 testing sites

April

28

Houston Health Department partners with the State of Texas to bring COVID-19 testing to Sunnyside community

April

27

Houston Health Department expanding COVID-19 testing to vulnerable communities

April

24

Houston Health Department expanding nursing home COVID-19 outreach

April

13

Houston Health Department expands COVID-19 test sites to anyone wanting to get tested

April

4

Houston, Harris County providing daily COVID-19 data on new dashboard

April

3

Houston Health Department confirms two more COVID-19 deaths, 81 new cases

April

2

Houston Health Department confirms two new COVID-19 deaths

April

1

Houston Health Department reports 81 new COVID-19 cases

March

31

Houston Health Department to open second COVID-19 drive-thru site

March

31

Houston Health Department confirms Houston's fourth COVID-19 death

March

30

Houston Health Department reports additional COVID-19 death, 23 new cases

March

29

Houston Health Department reports 54 new COVID-19 cases

March

28

Houston Health Department confirms Houston's second COVID-19 death

March

27

Houston Health Department reports COVID-19 cases total 69

March

26

Houston Health Department reports Houston's first COVID-19 death

March

26

Houston Health Department reports two new COVID-19 cases

March

25

Houston Health Department reports 11 new COVID-19 cases

March

24

Houston Health Department reports 31 new COVID-19 cases

March

23

Houston Health Department reports two COVID-19 recoveries, one new case

March

23

Houston Health Department providing core services with temporary modifications

March

22

Hundreds tested for COVID-19 during first days of Houston's first community based testing site; services continue for high-risk symptomatic people

March

22

Houston Health Department reports new COVID-19 case

March

21

Houston Health Department reports three new COVID-19 cases

March

21

Houston's COVID-19 site broadens testing to symptomatic people with chronic illnesses

March

20

First Houston COVID-19 testing site expands to older adults with symptoms

March

20

Houston Health Department reports eight new COVID-19 cases

March

20

Houston Health Department, medical community open first COVID-19 testing site for high-risk symptomatic people

March

19

Houston Health Department announces new COVID-19 case in the city

March

18

Houston Health Department announces five new COVID-19 cases

March

16

Houston Health Department closing birth and death record office until further notice due to COVID-19, online ordering services to continue

March

14

Houston Health Department announces fifth COVID-19 case in Houston

March

13

Houston Health Department reports city's fourth COVID-19 case

March

11

Houston Health Department reports city's third COVID-19 case

March

9

Houston Health Department sets up COVID-19 call center for Houstonians

March

8

Local health departments ask residents who traveled on Egypt Nile River cruise to self-quarantine, contact local health department

March

6

Houston Health Department reports city's second case of coronavirus disease 2019

March

5

Houston Health Department reports city's first presumptive positive case of coronavirus disease 2019

March

4

Houston Health Department laboratory now conducting local COVID-19 testing

Feb

27

Widespread water outage in Houston

Feb

24

Houston Health Department launches new campaign emphasizing importance of prenatal care, syphilis testing for expectant mothers

Jan

22

Houston Health Department continues to monitor coronavirus

Jan

21

Houston Health Department, IMPACT health survey of 30 Fifth Ward households finds 43 percent (13 households) self-reported cancer diagnosis

Jan

16

Houston Health Department bringing prescription medication savings to Houston homes

Jan

3

Help Houston win the 2020 IT'S TIME TEXAS Community Challenge

Dec

31

Young boy is city’s first flu-associated pediatric death of 2019-2020 flu season

Dec

16

Additional testing detects mercury inside Walmart, another business under evaluation

Dec

15

Houston officials provide update on mercury spill

Dec

11

Houston Health Department spearheads cross-sector initiative to address school-to-prison pipeline, develop actionable policy and recomendations for school discipline reform

Dec

4

Mayor Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo sign Paris Declaration to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030

Nov

18

Houston Health Department addressing increase of superbugs through antibiotic stewardship

Nov

4

Organizers of Hurricane Harvey Registry ask Houstonians to add their experience of tropical storm Imelda

Oct

31

Healthy Happy Hour to help diabetics manage their illness without zapping cheer from upcoming holiday celebrations

Oct

21

Feds award record lead-based paint reduction grant to Houston Health Department

Oct

14

Medicare recipients eligible for free benefits counseling from Area Agency on Aging

Oct

7

Get a flu shot in October, Houston Health Department recommends

Oct

3

Houston Health Department initiatives to boost quality of local asthma control services

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