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SAN FRANCISCO - Despite a significant spike in both coronavirus cases and hospital admissions this summer, California has so far managed to avoid the sky-high infection rates and increasingly overcrowded hospitals that some other states…

Although the demand for vaccines has increased in areas hit hard by delta surges, health systems in some states are already overwhelmed. In Austin, Texas, officials activated the emergency text alert system to alert residents of the…

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Just a week after Austin-Travis County transitioned to level 4 risk-based COVID-19 guidelines, case numbers and hospital admissions have pushed the area nearly to level 5. On Friday evening, Austin Public…

At least a dozen cases of the Delta variant, a highly contagious mutation of the coronavirus, have been confirmed in the Austin area in a third wave of COVID-19 cases that weighed on local hospitals and caused federal health…

Officials said about 17% of people in intensive care units are under 30 years old. AUSTIN, Texas - A total of 12 Delta variant cases have now been confirmed in Travis County as local health officials say they…

Despite a recent "minor spike" in COVID-19 cases, Bastrop District Judge Paul Pape said he would not support asking residents vaccinated against the virus to wear masks or change their lifestyle to to protect those who have not been…

July 23, 2021 Public health officials in Austin and Travis Counties are now encouraging vaccinated people to wear masks both indoors and outdoors, and those who are not vaccinated except for staying home for essential needs - the first…

Hospital admissions and cases of coronavirus continue to rise, reaching levels Monday night that Travis County is likely to return to the stricter Phase 4 of Austin Public Health's risk-based guidelines, according to Austin Public Health…

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date on the most important news from Texas. The city of Austin and public health officials on Thursday raised the city's risk-based…

Travis County slipped back into the less safe level 3 of Austin Public Health's risk-based guidelines Thursday after four cases of the Delta variant, a highly contagious mutation of the coronavirus, were confirmed in the Austin area this…