RFK Jr.’s rhetoric, vaccines are safe and effective, CDC scientists are public servants
UAB professor Dr. Michael Saag broke down the vaccine approval process and explained why our vaccines are so safe and effective.
Dr. Michael Saag
UAB doctor: New boosters important despite claims that “pandemic is over”
Dr. Michael Saag said vaccines remain the most effective way to prevent hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19.
Alabama setting record numbers of child COVID hospitalizations
UAB's Dr. Michael Saag said child hospitalizations could be increasing due to the record numbers of cases the state is seeing.
COVID cases, hospitalizations increasing in Alabama
The number of Alabamians hospitalized with COVID-19 on Sunday increased by 16 percent from two weeks before.
Monoclonal antibody treatment expanding in Alabama
The treatments can cut the chance of hospitalization by 70 percent, but state medical providers are struggling to meet the demand.
Cases and hospitalizations of Alabama’s children are climbing
The number of Alabama children testing positive for COVID-19 recently is four times the number in early August 2020.
UAB doctors warn of delta’s impact on children, urge masks in schools
UAB's Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo said two children under the age of two are on ventilators in a Birmingham hospital.
Alabama’s COVID vaccinations lag as experts fear a resurgence
UAB's Dr. Michael Saag said for the unvaccinated, the threat from COVID-19 remains very real.
Alabama reports record increases to COVID death toll
Alabama's death toll jumped by 135 on Wednesday, the most to date, as cases and hospitalizations remain at record highs.
Alabama hospitals seeing “unprecedented” wave of COVID patients
With record cases and hospitalizations, experts are pleading with the public to reconsider Christmas plans.