CDC: Shortened quarantine period for some applies to K-12 schools
The news was a reversal from what state health officials had heard from the CDC hours before on Wednesday.
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CDC approves COVID boosters for kids 12-17
About 5 million children are now eligible for boosters, but in Alabama, the percentage of vaccinated school-aged children remains very low.
UAB: ERs not the place to seek COVID testing if not sick enough to need care
Alabama's new COVID cases and positivity rate continue to set records this week as hospitalizations continue to rise.
Alabama seeing record new COVID cases, hospitalizations continue rising
Treatments for the more contagious omicron variant are in short supply in Alabama as COVID cases surge and hospitalizations grow.
FDA approves Pfizer’s COVID booster for children 12 to 15
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meets Wednesday to discuss giving final approval.
Shipments of treatments for delta resume as COVID surges
A new monoclonal antibody treatment effective against the omicron variant isn't yet available in Alabama as cases and hospitalizations rise.
Alabama starts new year with COVID surge as schools prepare to reopen
Alabama had a record number of cases last week, a record-high positivity rate and hospitalizations doubled in just more than a week.
Alabama hits second day of record high COVID positivity rate
Alabama’s seven-day average of daily percent of COVID tests that are positive reached 31.4 percent on Thursday.
Alabama’s COVID positive rate reaches record high as hospitalizations increase
COVID hospitalizations in Alabama on Wednesday reached 720, an 89 percent increase over two weeks.
CDC shortens recommended quarantine window for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients
The CDC said the reduced timeline reflects the latest science on infection times with the spread of the omicron variant.
December 29, 2021