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Rep. Sewell tours new UAB Medical West Hospital in Bessemer

The construction was made possible in part by a $360 million USDA loan, which Sewell helped secure.

August 19, 2024

Sen. Garlan Gudger airlifted to UAB after jet ski accident, expected to recover

The two-term senator is currently in the Intensive Care Unit following his surgery.

July 5, 2024

Corporate hospitals are creating an unfair billing system that hurts patients

This unfair billing system works against patients. It puts prices out of reach for those most in need.

August 8, 2023

GOP candidates have deadly priorities

Perhaps this crisis wouldn’t even exist if the state had done what it should have done years ago: Expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

April 17, 2022

UAB nurses, staff protest poor working conditions and unequal pay

Salary is cited by the Alabama State Nurses Association as a leading reason for the current nurse shortage.

September 8, 2021

Colbert County school closes for 10 days due to COVID-19

The school's closure comes the same day Gov. Kay Ivey issued a state of emergency due to COVID-19, but with no mask mandate or other restrictions.

August 13, 2021

Formerly incarcerated man paralyzed after denied care for months: lawsuit

Patrick Neal, 29, is being treated at UAB, where doctors tell his family he'll be paralyzed for life.

May 26, 2021

Red heart shape and medical stethoscope on blue background top view. Health care, medicare and cardiology concept.

Medicare open enrollment ends Dec. 7

Open enrollment this year was from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7.

December 4, 2020

“I’m completely isolated”: A woman’s COVID-19 experience, from her hospital bed

For the past five days, Pamela Franco hasn’t seen her fiancé except over FaceTime. She’s at UAB’s University Hospital on one of the floors set aside for those infected with the novel coronavirus. Franco’s room is a typical hospital room, which she isn’t allowed to leave. The exercise she gets is from walking around that … Continued

March 27, 2020

Does it take more than money to stay afloat?

“Houston, we have a problem” was a phrase coined on April 14, 1970 by John Swigert, Jr. and James Lowell on U.S.’s Apollo 13 moon flight. The Houston phrase or similar coinage has been used repeatedly by politicians, hospitals and anyone associated with the hospital industry to draw attention to the plight of rural hospitals. There are … Continued

December 11, 2019