Austin Slowly Gets the COVID-19 Testing Data It Needs

Knowledge is power

"...of these require preapproval from a physician or from Austin Public Health; others offer screenings on the spot. But..."

April 17, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...their April 20 work session, the members of the Austin City Council certainly sounded thankful for the recommendations the..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Point Austin: Healthy Town Hall

While we wait for federal reform, the health-care work goes on

"...afternoon, the Travis County Healthcare Dis­trict opened another storefront clinic, this one in a strip center on Rund­berg Lane,..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Season of Risk

What can be done to stop the rising rate of HIV in Austin?

"...an HIV tester and outreach coordinator at a local clinic, Nelson, whose last name was withheld by request, was..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Beware of Failing Rock

An Austin Couple Says Their Insurer Let Them Down

"...Thus began one Austin family's odyssey through the bureaucratic nightmare of managed care...."

June 21, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Bad Medicine?

If Austin's Public Clinics Go Private, the Poor Could Suffer

"...Angie Diaz attends to client Nubia Rivera at Rosewood-Zaragosa Clinicphotograph by Jana Birchum Three weeks ago, Linda arrived here..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Surviving COVID-19: Ray Benson Lives to Tell

Asleep at the Wheel turns your living room into a dance floor

"...rarified arena of bands lasting a half century uninterrupted, Austin’s Western swing legends planned a year-long celebration. Then COVID-19..."

July 23, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Declaration of Independence

Unexpected fare in way South Austin at Independence Fine Foods

"...of Slaughter Lane would have been considered by many Austinites an out-of-town location. But even way South Austin is..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Food Feature by Gracie Salem

Health Care Experts Urge Us to Maintain Our Discipline

Are we ready to rock & roll?

"...– our hospitalizations have been relatively low, and our regional hospital systems have not been overwhelmed. On average, 81..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Page Two: Letter From the Editor

Checking in, expressing thanks

"...29, I went in for blood tests at the Austin Regional Clinic Far West. They immediately sent me to..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

"...between the city, the Urban Renew­al Agency, and the Austin Revitalization Authority (formed in 1996 to redevelop an area..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Are Texas doctors doing harm to truth and justice?

"...Such ads can be found at Austin Regional Clinic, among the larger practices in town; patients..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Local HIV/AIDS Resources

"...AIDS SERVICES OF AUSTIN Testing, case management, dental services, Helping Hands Food Bank..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature

The COVID-19 Long Haulers

Nearly 1 in 3 coronavirus survivors have strange, often changing symptoms without known causes or cures. Here’s what they and their doctors are doing about it.

"...Nicholas Yagoda, associate chief medical officer for CommUnityCare in Austin, but it's been even more frustrating for the patients..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...O’Rourke. They raised more than $1 million at an Austin fundraiser before getting lunch at Whataburger, the Texas Tribune..."

Sept. 27, 2024 News Feature

Local, State Health Leaders Try to Keep Up with COVID-19

Six known cases in Travis County but actual number likely higher

"...The city of Austin responded to its first known cases on Friday, announcing..."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Margaret Nicklas

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...The city council voted to privatize the Austin Convention & Visitors' Bureau (ACVB) last week. The ACVB..."

Aug. 23, 1996 News Feature

On the COVID-19 Front Lines, Providers Feel Exposed

Seeking protection

"...COVID-19 pandemic has settled like an invisible fog over Austin, as residents enter their second week of sheltering in..."

April 3, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...info, call the Boundary Hotline at 414-1200 or see http://www.austin.isd.tenet.edu. --L.T...."

Jan. 15, 1999 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...completely invalidate the content of this letter for all "Austin veterans": I've lived in Austin for less than 10..."

May 19, 2000 Column

Divine Intervention

What Price Salvation?

"...following one religion's rules," says CCFC's Denise Shannon, an Austin resident who has been a senior consultant with the..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Bitch Fest

Three-minute Rations of Democracy

"...different issues -- the helmet law, privatization of city clinics, SOS -- but all were allies in their discontent...."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Headlines

"...38, killed on June 24 while attempting to arrest Austin resident Colby Ray Williamson. Williamson allegedly threw Kelley to..."

July 3, 2015 News Feature

Health Care Needs Your Help to Slow COVID-19’s Spread

Keep your distance

"...cases of COVID-19. By Wednesday, there were 23, and Austin Public Health has declared the city and county are..."

March 20, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Pandemic Production: June Lien, Founder, Liendani Creative

"It's like the 1920s business world. We do whatever we can."

"...care market, and she dealt regularly with organizations like Austin Regional Clinic. "They're one of my biggest clients,” she..."

July 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Right Now, COVID-19 Is “Spreading Quickly in an Uncontrolled Fashion”

All of a sudden, is it too late?

"...Three months after Austinites brought the metro area's rate of COVID-19 transmission down..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Oops!

"...In the May 22 story, "Season of Risk," The Austin Chronicle failed to note that when an Austin Regional..."

June 19, 2015 Column

The New Nuclear Family

What Was Once Inconceivable

"...painting, but it's close: the interior of a Central Austin home, dad seated in an overstuffed chair in a..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

The Med School Solution

A medical school, a teaching hospital, and a new health care system?

"...her face spread across the first page of the Austin Amer­ican-Statesman's Metro section. In a Q&A by the paper's..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Christopher House Anew

Will Hospice Austin Continue Serving People With AIDS?

"...touch? Or, instead, should the center go to Hospice Austin -- the bidder that promised to keep the home-like..."

June 6, 1997 News Feature

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