Press Releases

Infusion Center opens in Southeast Austin, giving underserved communities access to potentially lifesaving COVID-19 treatment (Austin) – Starting Thursday, Jan. 7, Central Health-affiliated CommUnityCare Health Centers will begin vaccinating against the coronavirus a prioritized group of its patients who are 65 and older and those with at least one chronic medical condition. These patients are […]

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. […]

(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 […]

(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) – 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 […]

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) – 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 […]

(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 […]

FY 2021 budget approved by unanimous vote of Travis County Commissioners (Austin, TX) – October 1 marks the beginning of a new fiscal year and implementation of a new budget for Central Health, which recently won a national award for its budgetary transparency and excellence by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). On Wednesday, Sept. […]