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Thanks Is the Least We Can Say: This Monday, May 31, marks the end of Dr. Mark Escotts role as Austins interim health authority, as he de

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Austin FCs gorgeous new Q2 Stadium. At a press conference Monday morning (May 24), local officials including Mayor Steve Adler, Travis County Judge Andy Brown, Interim Health Authority Dr. Mark Escott, and ATXFC President Andy Loughnane delivered the news fans had been hoping for: The stadium will be able to safely open at full capacity on opening night, Saturday, June 19, and "near full capacity" for the U.S. womens national team game three nights earlier against Nigeria. The mood was ce...

Jason Pickett, deputy medical director for Austin Public Health, said 43% of the community is fully vaccinated, another 13% are partially vaccinated.

Q2 Stadium to open at 100 percent capacity for Austin FC home opener Q2 Stadium to open at 100 percent capacity for Austin FC home opener The Austin FCs home opener against San Jose is fast approaching and now the Q2 stadium will be able to fill every seat. AUSTIN, Texas - Its a moment Austin has been waiting for.  The Austin FCs home opener is fast approaching and now the Q2 stadium will be able to fill every seat. "We are proud to announce Q2 stadium will be authorized up to 100 percent capa...

‘Tardy Gras’, strip club vaccines, lifeguard shortage: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports © Gerald Herbert/AP A trinket is thrown from a float during a parade in Mobile, Ala., dubbed “Tardy Gras,” to compensate for canceled Mardi Gras festivities because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alabama  Mobile: Thousands of joyful revelers, many without masks, competed for plastic beads and trinkets tossed from floats as Alabama’s port city th...

Q2 Stadium, enabling full capacity for Austin FC’s historic Major League Soccer (MLS) home opener vs. the San Jose Earthquakes on June 19, 2021. APH’s attendance guidelines for Q2 Stadium, the 20,500+ seat outdoor venue, also allows Q2 Stadium to operate at near full capacity for the recently announced U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) friendly vs. Nigeria on June 16, 2021. All events scheduled for Q2 Stadium, including those scheduled beyond June, will operate under APH’s updated...

Under pressure from Gov. Greg Abbott, Austin and Travis County public health leaders on Friday chose to end the local mask mandate, thus avoiding a potential courtroom conflict with the governor over pandemic policy.  Dr. Mark Escott, whose tenure as interim Austin-Travis County health authority began only months before the coronavirus pandemic gripped Central Texas, announced in one of his last public briefings on the virus that businesses would no longer be required to make sure partially ...

Masking no longer mandated but recommended in Austin-Travis County By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team Published  Health officials are providing an update on the coronavirus and answering questions from the media. Health officials say partially and unvaccinated individuals still have a responsibility to continue wearing a mask. "We choose to focus our energy on fighting COVID in our community. We choose to focus on the health and safety of all of you, our residents," said Dr. Mark Escott, Interim Aus...

 E-Mail A new study provides public health planning authorities with a method of calculating the number of COVID-19 isolation beds they would need for people experiencing homelessness based on level of infection in the city. The research holds promise for controlling spread of the virus - or future infectious diseases - in a population that is highly vulnerable and less likely than many others to access health care services. The report, developed to support public health decision-making in Au...