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Unvaccinated account for nearly all Alabama COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations

The unvaccinated accounted for 97 percent of recently hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Alabama, according to UAB.

August 3, 2021

At least 10 incarcerated men have died in Alabama prisons this month

Two deaths this week inside Alabama prisons bring the month’s total to at least 10.

July 23, 2021

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Medical Association supports continued funding for maternal death investigations

The Medical Association joined legislators in calling for continued funding to investigate why mothers die from childbirth.

April 28, 2021

As vaccines trickle into Alabama prisons, COVID-19 deaths continue

Despite statements in February that vaccines couldn't be stored outside of prisons and brought in, that's what's now happening.

April 13, 2021

League of Women Voters condemns pro-Trump Capitol insurrection

Alabama's chapter of the League of Women Voters condemned the attack on the Capitol on Wednesday.

January 9, 2021

We lost some good ones this year

We lost some good ones this year, who will definitely be missed as we head into 2021.

December 30, 2020

FDA panel approves emergency use for Moderna’s COVID vaccine

The full FDA and a CDC panel both still have to sign off on the panel’s recommendation.

December 18, 2020

What in the world are people thinking?

"Some of us don’t take the virus seriously. Until it directly impacts us. And then we speak with regret."

December 3, 2020

Nearly 70 percent of Alabama’s pregnancy-related deaths in 2016 were preventable: report

Most pregnancy-related deaths are preventable, with women of color bearing the brunt of Alabama's maternal mortality crisis.

November 22, 2020

More than 1,000 Alabamians have died this summer from COVID-19

Through June, July and the first week and a half of August, the state has amassed an additional 1,103 dead from the coronavirus pandemic.

August 11, 2020