Press Releases
December 23, 2020
Dr. Guadalupe Zamora, Central Health Board Member and affiliate faculty member of the Dell Medical School, received the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Austin) – Dr. Guadalupe Zamora, a physician with more than 30 years of experience in East Austin and a member of the Central Health Board of Managers, received the COVID-19 vaccine Sunday, Dec. 20. […]
December 15, 2020
(Austin) – When Central Health and CommUnityCare hosted a grand opening of their new Hornsby Bend Health Center in March, no one imagined a global health pandemic was just around the corner. The health center quietly began seeing patients in February – mainly nearby residents with low-income and without insurance. Central Health data indicates 1 […]
November 9, 2020
(Austin, Texas) – Central Health-affiliated CommUnityCare Health Centers, along with Capital Metro and Austin Public Health (APH), are delivering food to people quarantined due to COVID-19. On Friday, APH provided 39 food boxes for 14 CommUnityCare patients who are food insecure. Since the program began in March, served 122 families; delivered 545 boxes of food, […]
December 10, 2020
(Austin) – The Central Health Technology Team detected and is investigating a cyberattack that occurred Friday, Dec. 4. An investigation is underway into unauthorized access on a computer server to determine the extent of the incident, data affected, and next steps. “The incident is potentially a criminal act, and we’re working closely with law enforcement […]
November 24, 2020
Mientras que el aumento en los niveles de COVID-19 ha obligado al Condado de Austin-Travis a aplicar restricciones de la cuarta fase, Central Health presenta la Calculadora para Planificar el Riesgo durante las Fiestas Mientras los casos de COVID-19 aumentan, le recomendamos a los habitantes del Condado de Travis que reconsideren sus planes durante las […]
November 19, 2020
COVID-19 Levels Force Austin-Travis County to Move to Stage 4 Restrictions (Austin) – As Austin-Travis County raises the COVID-19 Risk-based Guidelines level to Stage 4, the second highest level, Central Health is urging residents to reconsider holiday plans. Central Health, the Travis County Healthcare District, created a simple quiz to gauge and score the risk […]
November 13, 2020
(Austin) – Central Health-affiliated CommUnityCare Health Centers is now offering drive-through flu vaccines at two of its COVID-19 testing locations for those who are 9 years of age and older. Flu vaccines are specifically for non-CommUnityCare patients who do not have health insurance. “It is critical that we all get vaccinated to reduce the likelihood […]
November 2, 2020
(Austin) – Central Health, Central Health-funded CommUnityCare Health Centers, Foundation Communities, and United Way 2-1-1 are teaming up to remind Travis County residents to sign up for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace. The open enrollment period for health insurance coverage for 2021 officially opened on Nov. 1 and ends […]
October 30, 2020
(Austin) – With the start of in-person learning for the Austin Independent School District (AISD), Central Health-affiliated CommUnityCare is moving COVID-19 testing from Barbara Jordan Elementary to the Turner-Roberts Recreation Center (7201 Colony Park Loop) beginning Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. COVID-19 testing will be available Monday and Friday from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at […]
October 13, 2020
(Austin) – A partir del lunes 12 de octubre, los Centros de Salud CommUnityCare (CUC, por sus siglas en inglés), afiliados a Central Health, estarán modificando sus horarios de atención para pruebas de COVID-19 en todos sus sitios por ventanilla y, además, estarán agregando pruebas en una segunda ubicación los sábados. Todos los Centros de […]