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East Alabama Medical Center president addresses 129 lives lost to COVID-19

"I’m still blown away by how so many people have become numb — and even belligerent — to COVID-19," EAMC CEO Laura Grill writes.

January 5, 2021

December is headed to becoming Alabama's deadliest month during the pandemic, as hospitalizations surge following holiday gatherings.

January 4, 2021

Malcolm Marler and his team of chaplains have been able to resume in-person visits with COVID-19-patients.

January 1, 2021

Officials plan a marketing campaign and will use pharmacies, doctors and clinics to inform others when vaccines are available.

December 31, 2020

Jones said his wife is “not feeling too good but is ok” and that he has tested negative for coronavirus.

December 30, 2020

From Alabama's prison crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic, Eddie Burkhalter covered it. Here are his top stories of the year.

December 30, 2020

People 18 to 24 were already at higher risk of suicide before the pandemic. It’s made things worse, experts say.

December 30, 2020

There had been 20,354 vaccines administered as of Monday, out of the state’s supply of 128,175 combined doses.

December 29, 2020

Alabama's weekly average of cases has grown by 56 percent since Dec. 1, and the state ranks third highest in COVID-19 hospitalizations per capita.

December 29, 2020

The state had a record 2,802 hospitalized coronavirus patients on Monday.

December 29, 2020