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Report featuring ADPH head highlights threats to public health funding

A new report raised concerns about proposed federal funding cuts impacting public health. The head of the Alabama Department of Public Health shared insights.

September 19, 2025

Alabama Department of Public Health confirms case of measles

This case is the first recorded in Alabama since 2002.

August 26, 2025

CDC awards $2.975 million to Alabama maternal health committee

The CDC has awarded the grant to improve the Alabama Maternal Mortality Review Committee's functions over the next five years.

August 29, 2024

Despite high rates of teen pregnancies, STDs, Alabama opts out of CDC health survey

The CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey anonymously tracks teen sexual and mental health. Why Alabama opted out isn't clear.

November 16, 2023

Alabama officials: “No COVID-19 vaccines mandates for school”

The declarations come in response a CDC committee's vote to add COVID-19 vaccines to the recommended immunization schedule for children.

October 21, 2022

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.

January 6, 2022

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

Fall enrollment figures for Alabama’s public colleges and universities

Overall, there was a 1.4 percent decline in undergraduate students at universities.

September 27, 2021

Supreme Court blocks Biden administration’s eviction moratorium

The high court said congressional action would be required to prevent renters from losing their homes in the midst of a pandemic.

August 27, 2021

NRA cancels annual meeting in Houston over COVID concerns

The NRA said it made this decision after analyzing relevant data regarding COVID-19 in Harris County, Texas.

August 26, 2021