Healthcare News

The start of December brings an annual moment of reflection, solidarity, and hope in the global response to HIV/AIDS. World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988, just seven years […]

Travis County Commissioners voted unanimously on Sept. 16 to approve Central Health’s tax rate and budget. When Travis County Commissioners voted on Central Health’s Fiscal Year 2026 tax rate and […]

By Dr. Pat Lee, President & CEO, Central Health Sometimes the most impactful transformations happen in unexpected places. Taking an old hospital building that has sat mostly overlooked for many […]

Sarai Vences, 19, graduated from the Central Health and Austin Community College MA apprenticeship program in 2024 and hasn’t looked back since. AUSTIN, Texas– Nine months into her job as […]

HIV screening rates for MAP and MAP Basic patients in Travis County were found at rates 64% higher than the state average and 84% greater than the national average. AUSTIN, […]

AUSTIN — Robert Lilly had 20 years to think about his regrets while incarcerated, a life, perhaps, of forks in the road and poorly timed decisions. Lesser men would have […]

If you’ve been following Central Health news, you know that Travis County’s hospital district has opened 14 different specialty care and diagnostic lines of service. Five more are expected to […]

We’re happy to let you know that designs for outdoor community spaces at the future Hornsby Bend Health & Wellness Center have been finalized and approved. Based on what we […]

Vitamin D deficiency is one of the most common deficiencies worldwide and in the United States.  Approximately 1 billion people worldwide are Vitamin D deficient, while about 50% of the […]

March is National Kidney Month. Our kidneys are vital to our health to excrete wastes from the blood in the urine. Each kidney gets rid of about 1 to 1.5 […]