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Harris County's health department has launched a new online dashboard to track human cases of mosquito-borne illnesses. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/10/20/533799/mosquito-borne-diseases-houston-harris-county-public-health-online-dashboard/

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Harris County's health department has launched a new online dashboard to track human cases of mosquito-borne illnesses. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/10/20/533799/mosquito-borne-diseases-houston-harris-county-public-health-online-dashboard/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #CityOfHouston #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #Mosquitos #WestNileVirus #ZikaVirus

Harris County's health department has launched a new online dashboard to track human cases of mosquito-borne illnesses. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/10/20/533799/mosquito-borne-diseases-houston-harris-county-public-health-online-dashboard/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #CityOfHouston #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #Mosquitos #WestNileVirus #ZikaVirus

Harris County's health department has launched a new online dashboard to track human cases of mosquito-borne illnesses. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/10/20/533799/mosquito-borne-diseases-houston-harris-county-public-health-online-dashboard/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #CityOfHouston #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #Mosquitos #WestNileVirus #ZikaVirus

Harris County's health department has launched a new online dashboard to track human cases of mosquito-borne illnesses. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/10/20/533799/mosquito-borne-diseases-houston-harris-county-public-health-online-dashboard/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #CityOfHouston #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #Mosquitos #WestNileVirus #ZikaVirus

Harris County commissioners voted this week to expand a program that addresses behavioral health and social welfare issues in an effort to reduce law enforcement intervention.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/08/08/528356/harris-county-commissioners-vote-to-expand-hart-a-crisis-intervention-program/

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Harris County commissioners voted this week to expand a program that addresses behavioral health and social welfare issues in an effort to reduce law enforcement intervention.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/08/08/528356/harris-county-commissioners-vote-to-expand-hart-a-crisis-intervention-program/

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Harris County commissioners voted this week to expand a program that addresses behavioral health and social welfare issues in an effort to reduce law enforcement intervention.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/08/08/528356/harris-county-commissioners-vote-to-expand-hart-a-crisis-intervention-program/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #CrisisInterventionTeam #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HolisticAssistanceResponseTeam

Harris County commissioners voted this week to expand a program that addresses behavioral health and social welfare issues in an effort to reduce law enforcement intervention.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/08/08/528356/harris-county-commissioners-vote-to-expand-hart-a-crisis-intervention-program/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #CrisisInterventionTeam #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HolisticAssistanceResponseTeam

Harris County commissioners voted this week to expand a program that addresses behavioral health and social welfare issues in an effort to reduce law enforcement intervention.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/08/08/528356/harris-county-commissioners-vote-to-expand-hart-a-crisis-intervention-program/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #CrisisInterventionTeam #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HolisticAssistanceResponseTeam

A man in Baytown recently contracted West Nile virus, the first human case in the Houston area this year, according to local health officials.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/06/20/524600/harris-county-reports-first-human-west-nile-virus-case-of-2025/

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A man in Baytown recently contracted West Nile virus, the first human case in the Houston area this year, according to local health officials.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/06/20/524600/harris-county-reports-first-human-west-nile-virus-case-of-2025/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #PublicSafety #Baytown #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #MosquitoAndVectorControlDivision #Mosquitoes #WestNileVirus

A man in Baytown recently contracted West Nile virus, the first human case in the Houston area this year, according to local health officials.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/06/20/524600/harris-county-reports-first-human-west-nile-virus-case-of-2025/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #PublicSafety #Baytown #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #MosquitoAndVectorControlDivision #Mosquitoes #WestNileVirus

A man in Baytown recently contracted West Nile virus, the first human case in the Houston area this year, according to local health officials.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/06/20/524600/harris-county-reports-first-human-west-nile-virus-case-of-2025/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #PublicSafety #Baytown #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #MosquitoAndVectorControlDivision #Mosquitoes #WestNileVirus

A man in Baytown recently contracted West Nile virus, the first human case in the Houston area this year, according to local health officials.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/06/20/524600/harris-county-reports-first-human-west-nile-virus-case-of-2025/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #PublicSafety #Baytown #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #MosquitoAndVectorControlDivision #Mosquitoes #WestNileVirus

A federal judge has sided with Harris County and other local governments from across the country to restore public health funding terminated earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/06/18/524382/judge-restores-nearly-20m-in-public-health-funds-to-harris-county/

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A federal judge has sided with Harris County and other local governments from across the country to restore public health funding terminated earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/06/18/524382/judge-restores-nearly-20m-in-public-health-funds-to-harris-county/

#Court #HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #FederalFundingCuts #HarrisCountyAttorneyChristianMenefee #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #TrumpAdministration #USDepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices

A federal judge has sided with Harris County and other local governments from across the country to restore public health funding terminated earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/06/18/524382/judge-restores-nearly-20m-in-public-health-funds-to-harris-county/

#Court #HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #FederalFundingCuts #HarrisCountyAttorneyChristianMenefee #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #TrumpAdministration #USDepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices

A federal judge has sided with Harris County and other local governments from across the country to restore public health funding terminated earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/06/18/524382/judge-restores-nearly-20m-in-public-health-funds-to-harris-county/

#Court #HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #FederalFundingCuts #HarrisCountyAttorneyChristianMenefee #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #TrumpAdministration #USDepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices

A federal judge has sided with Harris County and other local governments from across the country to restore public health funding terminated earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/06/18/524382/judge-restores-nearly-20m-in-public-health-funds-to-harris-county/

#Court #HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #FederalFundingCuts #HarrisCountyAttorneyChristianMenefee #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #TrumpAdministration #USDepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices

Harris County public health officials on Thursday confirmed the first mosquito sample to test positive for West Nile virus this year, prompting mosquito spraying operations in northwest Harris County. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/23/522140/harris-county-public-health-reports-first-positive-west-nile-virus-mosquito-sample-this-year/

#EnergyEnvironment #HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #MosquitoSamples #MosquitoVirus #WestNileVirus

Harris County public health officials on Thursday confirmed the first mosquito sample to test positive for West Nile virus this year, prompting mosquito spraying operations in northwest Harris County. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/23/522140/harris-county-public-health-reports-first-positive-west-nile-virus-mosquito-sample-this-year/

#EnergyEnvironment #HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #MosquitoSamples #MosquitoVirus #WestNileVirus

Harris County public health officials on Thursday confirmed the first mosquito sample to test positive for West Nile virus this year, prompting mosquito spraying operations in northwest Harris County. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/23/522140/harris-county-public-health-reports-first-positive-west-nile-virus-mosquito-sample-this-year/

#EnergyEnvironment #HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #MosquitoSamples #MosquitoVirus #WestNileVirus

Harris County public health officials on Thursday confirmed the first mosquito sample to test positive for West Nile virus this year, prompting mosquito spraying operations in northwest Harris County. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/23/522140/harris-county-public-health-reports-first-positive-west-nile-virus-mosquito-sample-this-year/

#EnergyEnvironment #HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #MosquitoSamples #MosquitoVirus #WestNileVirus

Harris County public health officials on Thursday confirmed the first mosquito sample to test positive for West Nile virus this year, prompting mosquito spraying operations in northwest Harris County. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/23/522140/harris-county-public-health-reports-first-positive-west-nile-virus-mosquito-sample-this-year/

#EnergyEnvironment #HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #MosquitoSamples #MosquitoVirus #WestNileVirus

A parvovirus outbreak has prompted the Harris County Public Health animal shelter to temporarily stop volunteer activities and animal surrenders.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/05/13/521238/parvovirus-outbreak-prompts-quarantine-sanitation-protocols-at-harris-county-animal-shelter/

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A parvovirus outbreak has prompted the Harris County Public Health animal shelter to temporarily stop volunteer activities and animal surrenders.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/05/13/521238/parvovirus-outbreak-prompts-quarantine-sanitation-protocols-at-harris-county-animal-shelter/

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A parvovirus outbreak has prompted the Harris County Public Health animal shelter to temporarily stop volunteer activities and animal surrenders.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/05/13/521238/parvovirus-outbreak-prompts-quarantine-sanitation-protocols-at-harris-county-animal-shelter/

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A parvovirus outbreak has prompted the Harris County Public Health animal shelter to temporarily stop volunteer activities and animal surrenders.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/05/13/521238/parvovirus-outbreak-prompts-quarantine-sanitation-protocols-at-harris-county-animal-shelter/

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A parvovirus outbreak has prompted the Harris County Public Health animal shelter to temporarily stop volunteer activities and animal surrenders.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/05/13/521238/parvovirus-outbreak-prompts-quarantine-sanitation-protocols-at-harris-county-animal-shelter/

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The Harris County District Attorney's Office has dismissed four felony indictments against Barbie Robinson, a former chief of the county's public health department who was accused of misusing official information.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/05/02/520392/harris-county-da-dismisses-criminal-charges-against-former-public-health-director-barbie-robinson/

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The Harris County District Attorney's Office has dismissed four felony indictments against Barbie Robinson, a former chief of the county's public health department who was accused of misusing official information.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/05/02/520392/harris-county-da-dismisses-criminal-charges-against-former-public-health-director-barbie-robinson/

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The Harris County District Attorney's Office has dismissed four felony indictments against Barbie Robinson, a former chief of the county's public health department who was accused of misusing official information.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/05/02/520392/harris-county-da-dismisses-criminal-charges-against-former-public-health-director-barbie-robinson/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #ACCESSHarrisCounty #BarbieRobinson #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HarrisCountyNews #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #Ibm

The Harris County District Attorney's Office has dismissed four felony indictments against Barbie Robinson, a former chief of the county's public health department who was accused of misusing official information.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/05/02/520392/harris-county-da-dismisses-criminal-charges-against-former-public-health-director-barbie-robinson/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #ACCESSHarrisCounty #BarbieRobinson #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HarrisCountyNews #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #Ibm

The Harris County District Attorney's Office has dismissed four felony indictments against Barbie Robinson, a former chief of the county's public health department who was accused of misusing official information.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/05/02/520392/harris-county-da-dismisses-criminal-charges-against-former-public-health-director-barbie-robinson/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #ACCESSHarrisCounty #BarbieRobinson #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HarrisCountyNews #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #Ibm

A report released this week by Harris County Public Health found that the Houston area has a higher rate of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections compared to the Texas average.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/04/16/519009/houston-has-higher-rates-of-hiv-and-stis-statewide-according-to-recent-report/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Healthcare #Houston #Local #News #HarrisCountyHIVRates #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HoustonHealthcare #STIs #TexasHIVRates

A report released this week by Harris County Public Health found that the Houston area has a higher rate of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections compared to the Texas average.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/04/16/519009/houston-has-higher-rates-of-hiv-and-stis-statewide-according-to-recent-report/

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A report released this week by Harris County Public Health found that the Houston area has a higher rate of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections compared to the Texas average.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/04/16/519009/houston-has-higher-rates-of-hiv-and-stis-statewide-according-to-recent-report/

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A report released this week by Harris County Public Health found that the Houston area has a higher rate of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections compared to the Texas average.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/04/16/519009/houston-has-higher-rates-of-hiv-and-stis-statewide-according-to-recent-report/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Healthcare #Houston #Local #News #HarrisCountyHIVRates #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HoustonHealthcare #STIs #TexasHIVRates

A report released this week by Harris County Public Health found that the Houston area has a higher rate of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections compared to the Texas average.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/04/16/519009/houston-has-higher-rates-of-hiv-and-stis-statewide-according-to-recent-report/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Healthcare #Houston #Local #News #HarrisCountyHIVRates #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HoustonHealthcare #STIs #TexasHIVRates

The Harris County health department said Thursday it’s investigating a reported measles case in a child with no travel history, which would make it the first case in the Houston area this year that is not associated with international travel.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/04/03/517755/harris-county-health-officials-investigating-reported-measles-case-in-child-with-no-travel-history/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #MeaslesCases #MeaslesVaccine #MeaslesWestTexasOutbreak #TexasMeaslesOutbreak

It's not just you. Officials say there's been an explosion in the number of mosquitos in the Houston region after Hurricane Beryl. Harris County says there are five new human West Nile virus cases, as well.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/07/17/493930/houston-mosquitos-hurricane-beryl-five-west-nile-virus-cases-harris-county/

#Flooding #HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Houston #Hurricane #Local #News #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HoustonHealthDepartment #HurricaneBerylAftermath #MosquitoBorneDiseases #Mosquitoes #WestNileVirus

A mosquito sample recently taken in Houston tested positive for the West Nile virus, according to Harris County Public Health.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/05/23/488380/houston-mosquito-sample-tests-positive-for-west-nile-virus/

#EnergyEnvironment #Houston #News #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #MosquitoAndVectorControlDivision #Mosquitos #WestNileVirus

A new study from the Houston Advanced Research Center has found some neighborhoods in the region could be up to 14 degrees hotter than others at the same time on the same day.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/02/25/514698/harc-one-houston-neighborhood-could-be-up-to-14-degrees-hotter-than-another-on-the-same-day/

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"Heat-related deaths rose by 231%." A new study from Harris County Public Health shows that heat-related illnesses are on the rise in Houston.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/12/17/509030/report-heat-related-illnesses-have-increased-significantly-in-harris-county-as-average-temperature-increases/

#HealthScience #Local #News #Weather #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HealthImpactsOfExcessiveHeatInHarrisCounty2024 #HeatRelatedDeath #HeatRelatedIllnesse #HoustonHeat

Houstonians have several options for where and when to get their measles vaccine over the weekend and through next week.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2025/03/07/515515/heres-where-houstonians-can-get-their-measles-shot/

#HealthScience #Healthcare #Houston #Local #MedicineWellness #News #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HoustonHealthDepartment #MeaslesVaccine #MMRVaccine #VaccineClinics #VaccineDrives

Harris County is suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, along with Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr., over the withholding of federal funding for the county's Refugee Health Services Program.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/04/10/518468/harris-county-sues-federal-health-department-over-halted-funding-for-refugee-services/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Houston #Immigration #Local #News #Politics #HarrisCountyAttorneyChristianMenefee #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #PresidentDonaldTrump #RefugeeHealthcare #RobertFKennedyJr #USDepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices

Harris County is suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, along with Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr., over the withholding of federal funding for the county's Refugee Health Services Program.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/04/10/518468/harris-county-sues-federal-health-department-over-halted-funding-for-refugee-services/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Houston #Immigration #Local #News #Politics #HarrisCountyAttorneyChristianMenefee #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #PresidentDonaldTrump #RefugeeHealthcare #RobertFKennedyJr #USDepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices

Harris County is suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, along with Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr., over the withholding of federal funding for the county's Refugee Health Services Program.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/04/10/518468/harris-county-sues-federal-health-department-over-halted-funding-for-refugee-services/

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Harris County is suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, along with Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr., over the withholding of federal funding for the county's Refugee Health Services Program.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/04/10/518468/harris-county-sues-federal-health-department-over-halted-funding-for-refugee-services/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Houston #Immigration #Local #News #Politics #HarrisCountyAttorneyChristianMenefee #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #PresidentDonaldTrump #RefugeeHealthcare #RobertFKennedyJr #USDepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices