Archaeological Testing of Site 41HR564 Harris County, Texas

Linking Preterm Birth and Air Pollution in Harris County, Texas

Exposure to high levels of air pollution has many known adverse health effects including heart and lung disease. Associations between exposure and increased mortality have also been estimated. The link between exposures to pollutants, such as particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller (PM2.5 ) and ozone, and birth outcomes is not as well established because of the lack of quality data. We d...

Geophysical Survey at archaeological site Kaszaper, Békés County, Hungary

Predictors of breast and cervical screening in Vietnamese women in Harris County, Houston, Texas.

The Vietnamese are a quickly growing, important part of the Texas population. Breast cancer is known to have different biologic characteristics in Vietnamese women. In order to develop appropriate intervention and screening strategies, we conducted a study of barriers to cervical and breast screening in Vietnamese women in Harris County, Tex. Our objective was to characterize the demographic fa...

The discovery and distribution of Aedes albopictus in Harris County, Texas.

On August 2, 1985, numerous adults and larvae of an unknown species of Aedes were collected from several widely separated tire dumps, in and around the city of Houston, Texas. Specimens sent to Dr. Y.-M. Huang at the U. S. National Museum, were identified as Aedes albopictru (Skuse), a container-breeding species, indigenous to the Oriental and Australian regions. Aedes albopictu.r has been coll...

West Nile Virus Outbreak in Houston and Harris County, Texas, USA, 2014

Since 2002, West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected every year in Houston and the surrounding Harris County, Texas. In 2014, the largest WNV outbreak to date occurred, comprising 139 cases and causing 2 deaths. Additionally, 1,286 WNV-positive mosquito pools were confirmed, the most reported in a single mosquito season.