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Early results of COVID-19 treatment clinical trial promising, UAB doctors say

Preliminary results in a clinical trial for the drug remdesivir to treat COVID-19 patients shows promise that the drug is likely “going to be saving lives,” but the drug company will be challenged to make enough for those who’ll need it, said the doctor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham who oversaw the university’s … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

April 30, 2020

Opinion

Conversations with my brain

I’ve been spending many hours a day grading college papers. Final grades are due Monday, and I’ve still got a pile to plow through. All of my “tests” are essays. So I’ve got to read them closely. It can take 15 minutes to a half-hour on one paper. The manual labor of teaching. If I … Continued

Joey Kennedy

April 30, 2020

Fauci says there may be no sports in 2020

Sports fans had anticipated watching NBA playoffs, NHL playoffs, NCAA and high school baseball and softball, Major League and minor league baseball, NASCAR motorsports, pro tennis, and pro golf. All the major sports leagues are shut down waiting on the orders on when the athletes can return to action. That might not happen anytime soon. … Continued

Brandon Moseley

April 30, 2020

Marsh applauds Ivey for taking the first steps to reopen Alabama

Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh, R-Anniston, released a statement supporting Gov. Kay Ivey’s announcement of the Safer at Home Order. Gov. Ivey is lifting her shelter in place order for all Alabamians Thursday at 5 p.m. She has replaced that with her new safer-at-home order, which lifts some restrictions. “After consulting with the medical … Continued

Brandon Moseley

April 30, 2020

Group urges president, Congress to determine if packing industry should be decentralized

R-CALF USA, a Montana based ranchers group, sent a letter today to President Donald J. Trump (R) as well as House and Senate congressional leaders stating that the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the United States’ beef supply chain lacks resiliency and redundancy. The group urges a review to consider whether a physical and geographical restructuring of … Continued

Brandon Moseley

April 30, 2020

House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels: Restarting session is irresponsible, useless

Restarting the 2020 Legislative Session at this point makes no sense and will only cost the taxpayers of Alabama more money, House minority leader Anthony Daniels said Wednesday during a Zoom press conference. Republican leadership has called for a May 4 restart to the interrupted session, saying it will focus exclusively on budgets and local … Continued

Josh Moon

April 29, 2020

Mobile is first Alabama county to record 1,000 COVID-19 cases

The number of people who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Mobile County has surpassed 1,000, making it the first county in Alabama to record more than a thousand cases of the virus as the city and county say they will begin to ease local restrictions. The latest data from the Alabama Department … Continued

Chip Brownlee

April 29, 2020

Democratic nominees call for Medicaid expansion

Three Democratic Congressional nominees on Wednesday joined in a call for lawmakers to expand Medicaid in Alabama. Phyliss Harvey-Hall, the Democratic nominee for Alabama’s 2nd District; Dr. Adia Winfrey, who’s running in Alabama’s 3rd District; and the state’s Democratic nominee for Alabama’s 4th District, Rick Neighbors, issued a joint statement asking state legislators to expand … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

April 29, 2020

Opinion

A new approach to Alabama governance: sanity

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday continued her unexpectedly sane response to the coronavirus outbreak. Ignoring the braindead and overzealous responses from neighboring governors in the southeast, most of whom issued blanket orders to lift stay-at-home restrictions and reopen all businesses in their states, Ivey again listened to the doctors and medical professionals and implemented … Continued

Josh Moon

April 29, 2020

Ainsworth thanks governor for beginning to implement small business commission’s recommendations

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday said she would lift the stay at home order Thursday on Alabama’s 4.8 million residents and allowed many nonessential businesses to reopen. Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth thanked Gov. Ivey for beginning to implement the Small Business Commission recommendations. Ainsworth heads the Small Business Commission and has been an outspoken … Continued

Brandon Moseley

April 29, 2020