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Report ranks Alabama’s pandemic recovery third-slowest in nation

The state’s low vaccination rate and high rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are primary factors.

August 19, 2021

Cities, schools and businesses have started rolling out new mask mandates

As COVID cases, and specifically the delta variant, rise quickly, CEOs, superintendents and mayors are scrambling to head off a crisis.

August 2, 2021

UAB doctor “really, really scared” over delta variant and children

“We are standing in a tunnel right now and the train is accelerating at us as we speak," he said.

July 30, 2021

Baldwin County Democrats urge schools to make wearing masks mandatory

Last week, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey resisted calls for new mask mandates.

July 27, 2021

CDC awards Alabama $40,452,096 to address COVID-related health disparities

The funding, part of a $2.25 billion nationwide investment, seeks to advance health equity.

June 11, 2021

Overdose deaths rose 31 percent in Alabama during the pandemic

Drug overdose deaths in Alabama were up 31 percent in 2020 over 2019, but the state was not alone.

June 3, 2021

CDC panel recommends Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds

A UAB physician says getting young people vaccinated is critical in the state's fight against COVID-19.

May 12, 2021

State health Officer: Third COVID-19 vaccine will “open up a lot of doors for us”

Walmart has added additional COVID vaccination sites in Alabama, and CVS is to vaccinate at nine locations statewide.

February 26, 2021

American life expectancy falls as COVID-19 deaths top 500,000

The CDC reports that American life expectancy has dropped a full year in the first six months of 2020.

February 19, 2021

Tuberville concerned about COVID-19 spread from migrants

Tuberville said that COVID health and safety protocols at the border are "both disturbing and discouraging."

February 17, 2021