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Alabama COVID cases, hospitalizations reach another record high

Alabama’s ICU availability dipped to a record low 8 percent Wednesday, with just 130 beds available statewide.

December 10, 2020

Alabama Hospital Association president: COVID-19 “utterly out of control”

Not since Aug. 14, during the state’s summer peak, has Alabama had such a high number of hospitalizations.

November 20, 2020

Alabama’s ICU bed availability at lowest point since early August

Over the last two weeks, hospitalizations have increased by 20 percent and the number of people in hospitals on Tuesday surpassed 1,200 for the first time since Aug. 19.

November 10, 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

COVID-19 hospitalizations ticking up in several Alabama hospitals

Hospitals in Tuscaloosa, Mobile and near Auburn are seeing rising numbers of hospitalizations, though the statewide total remains stable.

October 7, 2020

Sen. Doug Jones argues for passage of SAME Act

Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate this week in an attempt to secure passage of the States Achieve Medicaid Expansion Act, a bill that would incentivize states like Alabama to expand Medicaid by restoring 100-percent federal reimbursements for the first three years. Jones’ push to bring in additional federal … Continued

July 31, 2020

Alabama sees record-high COVID hospitalizations, record-low ICU bed availability

Alabama had just 12 percent of the state’s ICU beds available on Monday, and 496 of them were filled with COVID-19 patients, a record high, said Don Williamson, president of the Alabama Hospital Association.

July 28, 2020

Alabama suffers another record one-day death toll as 47 more die

The addition of 47 more deaths to the state's COVID-19 death toll Wednesday broke the previous single-day high of 40 set on Tuesday.

July 15, 2020

Southern states with Medicaid expansion saw improved overall health, study shows

A new study found that Southern states with Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act saw fewer declines in people’s health, resulting in an overall improvement in health for low-income adults. The study, published by Health Affairs, examined 12 Southern states to compare those that had expanded Medicaid, like Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana and West Virginia, … Continued

January 13, 2020

Sewell to meet with state legislators on healthcare

Congresswoman Terri Sewell, D-Selma will meet with state legislators and health care stakeholders in Montgomery Wednesday about making health care more affordable and innovative in Alabama. Sewell is hosting a bipartisan group of state legislators and health care stakeholders to discuss ways to shore up rural hospitals, improve health care affordability, access and quality and … Continued

March 20, 2019