How you’ll learn it’s your turn to get a COVID-19 vaccination
Officials plan a marketing campaign and will use pharmacies, doctors and clinics to inform others when vaccines are available.
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo
Just 15% of Alabama’s vaccine supply administered, but pace expected to quicken
There had been 20,354 vaccines administered as of Monday, out of the state’s supply of 128,175 combined doses.
“A spike on top of a surge on top of a spike”: Experts warn of worsening COVID crisis
Alabama's weekly average of cases has grown by 56 percent since Dec. 1, and the state ranks third highest in COVID-19 hospitalizations per capita.
“A very dire place:” UAB’s Dr. Marrazzo discusses Alabama’s COVID numbers, vaccines
“We are at a very dire place in the pandemic, and the concern is that we haven't even seen the worst of it,” Marrazzo said.
“A tidal wave:” ICU beds scarce as Alabama breaks another hospitalization record
Infectious diseases experts worry if hospitals will have enough staff to handle "what might be a tidal wave of patients in the next month.”
Alabama seeing “borderline out-of-control” community spread, UAB expert says
An infectious disease expert at UAB described the state's high positivity rate as a sign of uncontrolled community transmission.
Alabama sets new record high 7-day average of daily cases
Over the last seven days, Alabama has reported a record-breaking 14,375 cases.
UAB Hospital has cared for more than one person reinfected with COVID-19
UAB Hospital has cared for more than one patient who recovered from coronavirus only to contract it again.
“Slipping back down that precipice:” COVID-19 surging in Alabama ahead of holidays
Rising cases and hospitalizations are all the more concerning as holidays approach and people are desperate to see their families.
UAB doctor: Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis a “sobering reminder,” urges masks and social distancing
“If the most powerful, or one of the most powerful leaders in the world is susceptible to COVID and its consequences, that's incredibly sobering and sad, and I’m very sorry it happened,” Marrazzo said.