Austin Public Health celebrates National Breastfeeding Month, promoting the "Forward Together" theme for better support ...

Austin devotes nearly two-thirds of its budget to public safety, with most recent increases going to the police. City Council ...

City Council voted last week to allocate $1 million to community violence intervention efforts. Last budget cycle, $500,000 ...

For the first time in decades, the American Academy of Pediatrics is deviating substantiallyfrom the Centers for Disease ...

Austin Public Health will be able to see a person's shot records if a provider has them to know if they've been vaccinated for measles or whooping cough, which have recently seen a resurgence.

Austin Public Health is losing $15 million to federal grant cuts. This week, the City of Austin is working to reassign 21 temporary and permanent health workers in the APH Immunizations Unit.

Austin Public Health has lost $7.5 million in federal funding that was tied to its COVID-19 response. While the pandemic has ended, this funding gave a needed boost for disease surveillance and ...

Austin Public Health has found measles in Austin's waste water. The finding happened over the Fourth of July weekend and it is unclear what if any impact the flood waters during that time had on the ...

Federal cuts to Austin Public Health grants haven't just meant a cut in services. Sturrup said they also are a cut in the institutional knowledge and the expertise to prevent serious outbreaks and to ...

What are people in Austin dying from? One study has the answers. Austin Public Health study of chronic disease puts data behind our risk factors By Nicole Villalpando, Staff writerUpdatedJuly 28 ...

Austin Public Health also has identified 19 other grants that are in jeopardy of not being renewed, including a $5 million refugee health grant to provide care for the first year of a refugee's ...

On Feb. 12, Austin Public Health's Dr. Desmar Walkes, the public health authority for Travis County, called up thought leaders who had helped Austin get through the COVID-19 pandemic with a lower ...