News Opinion | Healthcare workers not immune to growing mental health crisis Medical professionals are not immune to the grief, trauma and isolation of the last two years. In fact, we have been right in the... Dr. Aruna AroraApril 14, 2022
Health Alabama State Health Officer tests positive for COVID Dr. Scott Harris, who is vaccinated and boosted, on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday but is exhibiting mild symptoms. Eddie BurkhalterApril 13, 2022
Health Uninsured Alabamians may soon have to pay for COVID tests, treatments Congress failed to approve additional COVID funding to pay for tests, treatments and vaccines, and the burden to pay for those is to fall... Eddie BurkhalterMarch 30, 2022
Corruption Senate bill would force doctors, pharmacies to provide off-label COVID-19 treatments There is no clear language in the bill defining any limitations of what FDA-approved medications could be claimed as a treatment for COVID-19. Jacob HolmesMarch 22, 2022
Legislature Senate committee OKs bill protecting doctors who provide “off-label” COVID treatments Doctors who have treated patients with medicine including Ivermectin and hydrochloryquine spoke in support of the bill. Jacob HolmesMarch 17, 2022
Health Governor awards $30 million to rural hospitals COVID recovery grants Alabama received $2.1 billion in American Rescue Plan Act funds. StaffMarch 15, 2022
Health Two years with COVID, a look back on lessons learned Jefferson County Health Officer Dr. Mark Wilson and UAB epidemiologist Dr. Rachael Lee look back on the first two years of COVID. Eddie BurkhalterMarch 14, 2022
Health Alabama Education Policy Center releases report on COVID in the Black Belt Researchers noted the Black Belt's lack of access to medical care likely resulted in more COVID deaths in those counties. Eddie BurkhalterMarch 1, 2022
Health Alabama’s COVID deaths surpass 18,000 While the latest surge caused by the omicron variant is receding, public health officials are closely watching the more contagious omicron BA.2 variant. Eddie BurkhalterFebruary 24, 2022
Health More contagious omicron BA.2 variant found in Alabama The Alabama Department of Public Health confirmed to APR on Tuesday that the first case of the BA.2 variant of COVID-19 has been identified... Eddie BurkhalterFebruary 23, 2022