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Lake Travis school board candidate faces assault charge in mask incident Lake Travis school board candidate faces assault charge in mask incident A woman running for a seat on the Lake Travis school board is facing an assault charge. She allegedly shoved a store employee after not following their masking rules. AUSTIN, Texas - A woman is facing assault charges after not complying with a stores mask policies.  Kara Bell was shopping at Nordstrom Rack in Sunset Valley on April 7th when she went ...

Austins biggest vaccination hub seeing a drop in demand for COVID-19 shots Bettie Cross © Provided by KEYE Austin Austin Public Health (APH) is temporarily stopping the administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at Travis County’s largest vaccination hub. “Austin Public Health has paused administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pending the revue from the FDA,” said Dr. Mark Escott, Interim Health Authority at Austin Public Health. APH typically gets 12,000 d...

Local health authorities are toning down some pandemic safety rules for people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Austin Public Health announced Tuesday.  “As more people become vaccinated in our area, we are able to move to more lenient requirements for those individuals,” Interim Austin-Travis County Health Authority Dr. Mark Escott said in a written statement Tuesday. “However, we have not yet reached herd immunity in our community. To get there, we need more people to acqui...

Women’s work, ‘Curated Cocktails,’ Met Gala: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: The state has temporarily paused giving the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine out of an “abundance of caution” while federal officials investigate reports of rare blood clots, the state health officer announced Tuesday. Dr. Scott Harris cautioned people to remember those were just six incidents out of 6.8 million doses of ...

Matias Segura, Acting Chief Operations Officer Wednesdays letter can be read here: Dear Anderson High School Community,  In response to the increased number of positive cases at Anderson High School, and after consultation with Austin Public Health and Dr. Mark Escott, effective Wednesday, April 14, all Junior Varsity (JV), freshman, and off-season athletic activities will be suspended at Anderson High School for two weeks. This includes all practice, play and games across JV, Freshman and off...

Austin health officials update guidance for the fully vaccinated Drew Knight Replay Video UP NEXT On Tuesday, the City of Austin extended its Health Authority Rules through May 18, including updates for individuals who are fully vaccinated. These rules are the basis for the citys continued mask requirements. “As more people become vaccinated in our area, we are able to move to more lenient requirements for those individuals,” said Dr. Mark Escott, Interim Austin-Travis Coun...

Austin Public Health expands COVID vaccine eligibility to 18 and over Austin Public Health expands COVID vaccine eligibility Starting Monday, April 12, anyone 18 years of age and older can book an appointment through Austin Public Health. FOX 7 Austins John Krinjak has the details. AUSTIN, Texas - Starting today, April 12, anyone 18 years of age and older can book an appointment through Austin Public Health.  This move comes two weeks after Texas health officials said anyone 16 and older could...

KUT Cars line up at at drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site at the Toney Burger Activity Center in South Austin last month. Numbers tracking the coronavirus pandemic in the Austin area have stopped improving and could worsen, new projections show. The projections released Friday by UTs COVID-19 Modeling Consortium, show lines flattening in the weeks ahead and possibly rising. The consortium reports a 32% probability that the pandemic will worsen here and a reproduction number of .91. A rate ...

Austin Public Health leaders on Friday announced plans to expand its age eligibility for the coronavirus vaccine to anyone 18 years or older starting Monday. Austin Public Health Director Stephanie Hayden-Howard said vaccine eligibility is able to expand once again because the demand for appointments by the 40-plus age group is continuing to decrease. The age eligibility for Austin Public Health first dropped to the 40-plus group on April 5 because those who were previously given priority...

The Texas House on Thursday granted preliminary approval 117-29 of a measure that would prohibit the governor from closing houses of worship, even during disasters like the COVID-19 pandemic.  Gov. Greg Abbott classified houses of worship as essential when he issued a stay-at-home order soon after the coronavirus arrived in Texas, which allowed churches and other religious sites to stay open if they chose to do so.  The Senate approved an identical bill in March. Republican senators said t...