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