Health Alabama’s hospitals, nursing homes urge mask usage, issue reminders on visitation Association leaders say masks will continue to be an important weapon in decreasing the spread of the virus. StaffApril 1, 2021
Opinion Opinion | Alabama health organizations recommend COVID vaccines to help end pandemic "Millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines safely and with few side effects." Alabama’s Leading Health OrganizationsMarch 9, 2021
Health Alabama broke more COVID case, hospitalization records on Thursday Alabama also set a record for new COVID-19 hospital admissions and the number of coronavirus patients on ventilators. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 17, 2020
Health Alabama sets new hospitalization record on day vaccines arrive Officials say the situation for hospitals is dire and vaccines are not coming in time to quell the current surge. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 15, 2020
Health Alabama COVID cases, hospitalizations reach another record high Alabama’s ICU availability dipped to a record low 8 percent Wednesday, with just 130 beds available statewide. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 10, 2020
Health Alabama Hospital Association president: COVID-19 “utterly out of control” Not since Aug. 14, during the state’s summer peak, has Alabama had such a high number of hospitalizations. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 20, 2020
News Alabama’s ICU bed availability at lowest point since early August Over the last two weeks, hospitalizations have increased by 20 percent and the number of people in hospitals on Tuesday surpassed 1,200 for the... Eddie BurkhalterNovember 10, 2020
Health Alabama’s COVID-19 hospitalizations surpass 1,000 for first time since August The 1,001 patients in hospitals with COVID-19 on Tuesday is a 34 percent increase from a month ago. Eddie BurkhalterOctober 27, 2020
Health COVID-19 hospitalizations ticking up in several Alabama hospitals Hospitals in Tuscaloosa, Mobile and near Auburn are seeing rising numbers of hospitalizations, though the statewide total remains stable. Eddie BurkhalterOctober 7, 2020
News Sen. Doug Jones argues for passage of SAME Act Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate this week in an attempt to secure passage of the States Achieve... Brandon MoseleyJuly 31, 2020