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News from the Institute
HCIFS Earns Accreditation from National Association of Medical Examiners (HCIFS)
Date: 2/22/2022
Winter Storm-Related Deaths | February 2021 (HCIFS)
Date: 5/26/2021
ISO Standards Addressing Issues of Bias and Impartiality in Forensic Work (HCIFS)
Date: 12/18/2020
Development and Implementation of an Effective Blind Proficiency Testing Program (HCIFS)
Date: 12/17/2020
Confirmed Imelda Flood-Related Deaths (Final list) (HCIFS)
Date: 9/23/2019
Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences Announces Certification to ISO 9001:2015 (HCIFS)
Date: 6/4/2019
Local Agencies Unite in Effort to Locate Missing Persons (Texas Center for the Missing)
Date: 4/5/2019
HCIFS Crime Laboratory Receives Accreditation (HCIFS)
Date: 1/29/2019
2018 Missing in Harris County Day (HCIFS)
Date: 4/18/2018
Confirmed Harvey Flood-Related Deaths (Final list) (HCIFS)
Date: 9/25/2017
Harris County DNA Laboratory Makes 5,000th DNA Database Hit (HCIFS)
Date: 6/12/2017
Harris County Opens New, State-of-the-Art Facility for HCIFS (HCIFS)
Date: 3/16/2017
Recent News Coverage
Univision lets their audience know about our Unidentified Persons Web Page (Univision)
Date: 5/14/2021
Number of People Who Died In Winter Storm Still Unknown (Texas Standard)
Date: 3/9/2021
Path of the Pandemic-How the coronavirus came to Texas (The Dallas Morning News)
Date: 9/14/2020
COVID's true toll in Texas is even higher than reported, federal data shows (Houston Chronicle)
Date: 8/13/2020
Houston pathologists hoping autopsy research will unlock new COVID-19 treatments (Click Two Houston)
Date: 6/11/2020
Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences moves cautiously and positively through the COVID-19 pandemic (TMC News)
Date: 6/3/2020
Why We Can't Dismiss Any COVID-19 Deaths (Life Hacker)
Date: 4/28/2020
Forensics On Call (TMC Pulse Magazine)
Date: 3/20/2020
What's Killing Texans? (Texas Medicine Magazine)
Date: 6/1/2019
Families of missing seek clarity for what happens, how they can help (Chron.com)
Date: 4/27/2019
New sketch released of human head found in trash bag (ABC13.com)
Date: 4/27/2019
Texas Center for the Missing Facebook Page (Texas Center for the Missing)
Date: 4/27/2019
Identifying remains with DNA tests on Missing in Harris County Day (Houston Press)
Date: 4/25/2019
Elephant Tranquilizer Drug Carfentanil Hits Houston Streets (TMC News)
Date: 6/29/2017
Families turn out for help finding their missing loved ones (Houston Chronicle)
Date: 6/10/2017
Parents of missing children won't give up hope: Event connects families with groups, resources to help locate loved ones (Houston Chronicle)
Date: 6/9/2017
Harris County To Host 2017 Missing in Harris County Day (Houston Patch)
Date: 6/9/2017
Harris County Officially Opens New State Of The Art Institute Of Forensic Sciences (KUHF/Houston Public Media)
Date: 3/16/2017
A Sneak Peek Inside Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences’ New Building (Texas Medical Center News )
Date: 3/15/2017
Harris County Opens New, State-of-the-Art Building for the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences: Ribbon cut on the new home for the county’s Medical Examiner and Crime Laboratory (Guidry News Service)
Date: 10/22/2014