healthcare workers

Legislature

Senate advances bill elevating assaults on public officials to a felony

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill making assaults on public officials felonies, adding protections for pharmacists and nurses after debate.

January 15, 2026

Birmingham receives $10.8 million grant for training program

Partners expect to train and place over 1,000 jobseekers in high-quality healthcare jobs.

August 5, 2022

Alabama will sue to block vaccine mandates, Marshall says

“The state of Alabama will not allow such an authoritarian power grab to go unchecked," Attorney General Steve Marshall said.

September 14, 2021

Trump says that coronavirus vaccine deliveries will begin within two weeks

Trump said that front-line workers, medical personnel and senior citizens would be the vaccine's first recipients.

November 28, 2020

At least 248 COVID deaths reported in Alabama in October

The cumulative death toll in Alabama has risen by 248 to 2,788 in October and by 124 in the last week alone.

October 19, 2020

Governor urges Alabamians to honor health care workers by leaving porch lights on

The governor is asking Alabamians to leave their porch lights on each Friday to honor health care workers.

October 9, 2020

536 Alabamians killed by COVID-19 in August

Over the weekend, the Alabama Department of Public Health confirmed an additional 50 deaths from COVID-19, taking the state’s COVID death toll to 2,067. With just one day left August, at least 536 deaths have been reported this month alone. August trails only the month of July in the number of Alabamians killed by COVID-19. … Continued

August 31, 2020