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Alabama’s COVID-19 deaths surpass deaths in 9/11 attacks

As voters headed to their polling locations Tuesday morning, the Alabama Department of Public Health updated the state’s death toll to 2,987. The terrorist attacks in 2001 killed 2,977.

November 3, 2020

UAB epidemiologist says next two weeks critical for COVID-19 in Alabama

The time period is critical because Thanksgiving is just around the corner.

November 3, 2020

Alabama’s COVID-19 cases continue to rise

Alabama’s ongoing increase in new cases and COVID-19 hospitalizations is especially worrisome for public health experts as flu season arrives and several holidays are just around the corner.

October 31, 2020

CDC issues Halloween guidance

“Traditional Halloween activities are fun, but some can increase the risk of getting or spreading COVID-19 or influenza,” the CDC warned.

October 31, 2020

Three mental health crisis centers coming to Mobile, Montgomery and Huntsville

“Today marks a culture change in Alabama for treatment of individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders,” Mental Health Commissioner Lynn Beshear said.

October 28, 2020

Ainsworth returns to work after testing positive for COVID

Ainsworth’s office on Sept. 21 announced he had tested positive earlier that week, having been tested after someone in his Sunday school class tested positive for the disease.

October 28, 2020

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.

October 27, 2020

CDC confirmed expanded “close contact” definition to Alabama officials in August

It is unclear why the CDC waited until late October to update or clarify its public-facing guidance on its website.

October 26, 2020

Study: COVID-19 infection rates more than double without lockdowns

Infection and fatality rates would have been higher without stay-at-home orders, a new UAB study found.

October 26, 2020

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122,000 Alabamians could lose health coverage if ACA is overturned, study finds

President Donald Trump’s administration and 18 states, including Alabama, are asking the country’s highest court to strike down the law.

October 26, 2020