Health Parents urge court to keep block on law criminalizing care for transgender youth The law would criminalize parents and doctors attempting to provide gender-transition medical treatment to minors. Jacob Holmes4 days ago
Health Poll: More than seven in 10 Alabama voters support Medicaid expansion The poll found that 65.8 percent of Republican voters supported Medicaid expansion. Eddie BurkhalterFebruary 11, 2022
Health Alabama VA kicks off statewide town halls on veteran suicides in Dothan The first in a series of the statewide town halls, held by the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, is set for Feb. 16 at... Eddie BurkhalterJanuary 31, 2022
Health Alabama least vaccinated state, breaks 17,000 confirmed COVID deaths The “Alabama Unites Against COVID" campaign seeks to encourage vaccinations and increase access to testing. Eddie BurkhalterJanuary 28, 2022
Health Opinion | Alabama Unites Against COVID stressing vaccination, testing COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective in reducing severity of disease, hospitalizations, and deaths, and available to the public free of charge. Scott Harris, M.D., M.P.HJanuary 27, 2022
Health Alabama’s COVID hospitalizations near record high The state on Monday was just 135 patients shy of the record 3,080 COVID patients, set on Jan. 5, 2021. Eddie BurkhalterJanuary 26, 2022
Health UAB epidemiologist: Alabama’s COVID surge could last for several more weeks There were 2,566 people hospitalized with COVID in Alabama on Tuesday, the highest it’s been since Sept. 10. Eddie BurkhalterJanuary 19, 2022
Health Alabama’s child COVID hospitalizations hit another record, four on ventilators Of the 97 children hospitalized with COVID-19 on Monday, 15 were in ICUs and four on ventilators. Eddie BurkhalterJanuary 18, 2022
Health U.S. government to launch free COVID test website Wednesday Every U.S. household can order four at-home tests at no cost beginning Wednesday. Eddie BurkhalterJanuary 17, 2022
Health Alabama setting record numbers of child COVID hospitalizations UAB's Dr. Michael Saag said child hospitalizations could be increasing due to the record numbers of cases the state is seeing. Eddie BurkhalterJanuary 14, 2022
Health Alabama has lowest average total single premium, according to government report Reports show Alabama has the lowest average annual single premium and the second-lowest family premium among employers nationwide. StaffJanuary 13, 2022