Alabama health clinics get $10.3 million in federal aid to combat COVID-19
The funds will be used to expand testing and mitigation efforts.
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Delta variant made up nearly 71 percent of Alabama’s recent samples
COVID-19 hospitalizations were up 69 percent on Tuesday from two weeks before.
Ivey: No plans for government workers to knock on doors to promote vaccines
Ivey’s office said that the state has no plans to send workers door-to-door promoting, or pressuring, people to get the vaccine.
ADSS launches vaccine advocacy campaign
The Alabama Department of Senior Services is partnering with local Alabama Area Agencies on Aging and various disability organizations.
July 12, 2021
Alabama has lowest percentage of COVID-vaccinated residents in U.S.
Alabama's new cases over the last two weeks have increased 80 percent.
U.S. regulators say a COVID-19 booster shot isn’t needed for the fully vaccinated
Alabama has the smallest percentage of fully vaccinated residents in the nation, according to the CDC.
Barry Moore: It’s not “the government’s job to knock on doors” to promote the vaccine
White House officials on July 1 announced that federal COVID-19 surge response teams were being readied to send into areas with low vaccination rates.
Despite second lowest vaccination rate in U.S., Ivey won’t seek federal help
UAB's Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo said Alabama's COVID-19 hospitalizations are increasing "exactly as we saw before."
Alabama’s COVID-19 hospitalizations increasing as vaccinations remain low
Alabama has the second-lowest percentage of COVID-19 vaccinations in the nation.
Acknowledging effects of child poverty and single motherhood is a start
Half of all births in Alabama are paid for by Medicaid, which means these infants are born into poverty.