Month: November 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 […]

(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 […]

(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, […]

(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 […]