Community Health Bulletins

Heat & Sun Safety Did you know? About 1 in 33 housing units in the Five Points area and 1 in 40 in the Harlandale area have no A/C. (Live link to map above: CI:NOW). If the indoor temperature is 95 degrees or more, we recommend getting to a place with A/C, like a store or one of the Places to Stay Cool. If that's not possible, then cool off with fans and water, cold showers, icy drinks, and ice packs. Fans alone can backfire and make you warmer at high temps because they just

What Are Kratom ​and 7-OH? The Bexar County Medical Examiner recently found that a local chef died from a mixture of kratom and alcohol. Kratom-related calls to Poison Control Centers doubled from 2024 to 2025. What Is Kratom? It's the leaf of a tree in the coffee family, traditionally used in a ceremonial tea in Southeast Asia. Depending on the dose, it can act like a stimulant or an opioid. One of its many active compounds is 7‑hydroxymitragynine ("7-OH"), which causes mo

Domestic Violence Resources National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1 (800) 799-SAFE (7233) | Text BEGIN to 88788 National Teen Dating Violence Hotline: 1 (866) 331-9474 (24/7 hotline) | Text START to 88788 Battered Women's and Children’s Shelter: (210) 733-8810 (24/7 hotline) Bexar County Family Justice Center: (210) 631-0100 | Mon-Fri 8 AM - 5 PM Rape Crisis Center: (210) 349-7273 (24/7 sexual assault hotline) Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services (24/7 ASL-accessible Deaf hotl