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Online job ads in August up 34.6 percent from last year

Twenty-five percent of job ads have salaries of $75,000 and above.

September 20, 2022

Worsening mental health, sleeping issues among essential workers, UAB official says

A marked increase in mental health, weight, and sleeping issues has been recorded among essential workers and COVID-19 patients.

John H. Glenn

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October 5, 2021

Marshall issues cease and desist to healthcare providers enforcing vaccine mandates

Marshall ordered healthcare providers to stop using the state vaccine registry to verify employees' vaccination status.

Brandon Moseley

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September 9, 2021

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.

John H. Glenn

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September 8, 2021

COVID patients tell nurses their regrets — until they need machines to breathe

Every patient that recovers says they wish they’d done something differently, an ICU nurse says.

Micah Danney

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August 30, 2021

When public schools reopen, nurses could be the key to combating coronavirus

When Alabama’s public schools open their doors to students in the fall, there will be one group of people on the front lines, entrusted with the monumental task of identifying and isolating potentially sick students and tracing their contact with other students.  School nurses.  The already overworked and underappreciated (and usually under-compensated) nurses that care … Continued

Josh Moon

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May 14, 2020

Health care workers on front lines during COVID-19 crisis

Alabamians just finished an entire month under a shelter in place order put in place by Gov. Kay Ivey (R) to protect them from contracting the coronavirus strain, SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Over a million of our countrymen have been infected with the virus. 5,151 died from COVID-19 in March. 58,720 died in April alone, … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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May 1, 2020

More than 500 Alabama health care workers infected with COVID-19

The number of health care workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 continues to rise in Alabama. At least 500 Alabama health care workers who work at hospitals and doctor’s offices have tested positive for the virus, the Alabama Department of Public Health says. Data released Saturday shows the number rose to 504 by April … Continued

Chip Brownlee

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April 11, 2020

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Want to slow the spread of coronavirus? Tell people the truth

Alabama hospitals are running out of ICU beds. And ventilators.  Frontline staff is overworked. Nurses and doctors are running low on personal protective equipment (PPEs) and there is none to be had.  And we are only in the early stages of COVID-19’s spread through America. We’ve only recently moved up to third in the world … Continued

Josh Moon

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March 25, 2020