Health Alabama Hospital Association: Federal COVID aid needed to help struggling hospitals Some Alabama hospitals are burning through reserves battling COVID, and the state's ICU bed crisis continues to threaten care for all patients. Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 20, 2021
Featured Opinion Opinion | Who gets offended by the truth? "We’ve been mandating vaccines for public health reasons forever." Joey KennedySeptember 19, 2021
Health One in 390 Alabamians have died of COVID-19 COVID hospitalizations are down, but new daily cases remain high, and two hospitals are out of monoclonal antibody treatments. Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 17, 2021
Featured Opinion Opinion | By playing politics with COVID, Alabama is killing its citizens "Alabama needs fearless leadership right now, not pandering to denial and defiance." David PersonSeptember 16, 2021
Health Anniston hospital exhausts supply of COVID monoclonal antibody treatment The hospital exhausting its supply of the treatment comes as RMC experienced three COVID deaths within a 24 hour period. Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 15, 2021
Health Alabama providers no longer directly ordering monoclonal antibody treatment Alabama hospitals reported 557 COVID deaths in the 10 days ending Tuesday. Monoclonal antibody treatments can cut the need to hospitalize a COVID patient... Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 15, 2021
Health Alexandria High School teacher dies of COVID-19 Payne, 53, was an alumni, teacher and coach at the school. Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 15, 2021
Health Alabama’s COVID-19 hospitalizations declining, ICU bed capacity still critical Of the 2,474 hospitalized with COVID in Alabama on Monday, 83 percent were unvaccinated. Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 14, 2021
Featured Opinion Opinion | We mandate vaccines for Alabama children. It’s time for adults to do their part "We've been mandating vaccines for decades in this country for infants and toddlers. When will the adults grow up?" Josh MoonSeptember 14, 2021
Local news Nearly $3 millon in renters assistance given out to Birmingham residents $2.6 million in renters assistance has been directed to more than 530 Birmingham residents. John H. GlennSeptember 14, 2021