Dr. Michael Saag

National / Health

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UAB professor Dr. Michael Saag broke down the vaccine approval process and explained why our vaccines are so safe and effective.

September 15, 2025

Dr. Michael Saag said vaccines remain the most effective way to prevent hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19.

September 26, 2022

UAB's Dr. Michael Saag said child hospitalizations could be increasing due to the record numbers of cases the state is seeing.

January 14, 2022

The number of Alabamians hospitalized with COVID-19 on Sunday increased by 16 percent from two weeks before.

December 21, 2021

The treatments can cut the chance of hospitalization by 70 percent, but state medical providers are struggling to meet the demand.

August 29, 2021

The number of Alabama children testing positive for COVID-19 recently is four times the number in early August 2020.

August 19, 2021

UAB's Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo said two children under the age of two are on ventilators in a Birmingham hospital.

August 19, 2021

UAB's Dr. Michael Saag said for the unvaccinated, the threat from COVID-19 remains very real.

June 8, 2021

Alabama's death toll jumped by 135 on Wednesday, the most to date, as cases and hospitalizations remain at record highs.

December 23, 2020

With record cases and hospitalizations, experts are pleading with the public to reconsider Christmas plans.

December 22, 2020