COVID-19

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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.

November 29, 2021

The electronic tablet Mike Hubbard used to try to shorten his sentence was given to prisoners by a company under contract with the state.

November 19, 2021

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.

November 19, 2021

After two weeks, 1.2 percent of Alabama's children aged 5 to 11 have received a dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

November 18, 2021

Alabama prisons in June had the fifth highest number of COVID deaths per capita in the nation.

November 17, 2021

Alabamians' boost in personal income was lower than in neighboring states, however.

November 16, 2021

Statistics are strong enough and offer enough information for people to stop and at least consider getting vaccinated.

November 16, 2021

Alabama has the fourth-lowest percentage of residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

November 15, 2021

We’re in the cusp of either taming the plague or giving it a fifth life.

November 14, 2021

The Medical Association of the State of Alabama and the Department of Public Health encourage the public to get vaccinated.

November 10, 2021