Alabama to resume prison visitations with restrictions
Alabama is the last state to resume prison visitations, according to The Marshall Project and statements from Mississippi and Virginia.
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Former House speaker sent messages, made calls on state-supplied device
The electronic tablet Mike Hubbard used to try to shorten his sentence was given to prisoners by a company under contract with the state.
More than half of those with COVID suffer longer-lasting health problems
UAB’s Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo said data from studies of long COVID are troubling, and there's still much to learn about long-term impacts.
Few Alabama children 5 to 11 have received COVID-19 vaccine
After two weeks, 1.2 percent of Alabama's children aged 5 to 11 have received a dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
After blanket testing, 75 incarcerated men at Staton prison test positive for COVID
Alabama prisons in June had the fifth highest number of COVID deaths per capita in the nation.
Study: Alabamians’ personal income boosted by federal COVID aid
Alabamians' boost in personal income was lower than in neighboring states, however.
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Statistics are strong enough and offer enough information for people to stop and at least consider getting vaccinated.
UAB pediatric infectious disease expert urges children get COVID vaccine
Alabama has the fourth-lowest percentage of residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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We’re in the cusp of either taming the plague or giving it a fifth life.
Alabama physicians urge public to take part in “Flu Shot Friday”
The Medical Association of the State of Alabama and the Department of Public Health encourage the public to get vaccinated.