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Align Alabama’s tax code with public health goals to reduce smoking

Improving our state’s public health depends on us doing more to reduce smoking rates.

April 22, 2024

A solution for Alabama’s biggest challenge

Only three states have a higher disease frequency and mortality rate than Alabama, and just two states have a lower life expectancy.

October 5, 2023

Medical associations launch campaign to warn Alabamians of fentanyl dangers

The "Odds Are Alabama" campaign will highlight the dangers of using any drugs or medications that aren't from a pharmacy.

March 14, 2023

Proposal for second round of ARPA spending prioritizes infrastructure, medical providers

Almost two-thirds of the money is designated toward water, sewer and broadband. The rest will go toward public health.

March 9, 2023

2020 ADPH report details demographics of Alabama residents obtaining abortions

The report details information including the age, race and education level of every person who had an abortion in 2020.

July 6, 2022

Vaccine passport ban leaves pediatricians in a lurch

An amendment that would have narrowed the bill's language to COVID-19 was removed behind closed doors.

November 9, 2021

Protecting Alabama’s waters requires more than lawsuits

"The true objective is to stop and prevent violations through the most effective means. Just filing lawsuits doesn’t get it done."

July 2, 2021

We’re just hours from Election Day. Do you have a plan to vote?

"Alabama’s working people deserve better, and on Nov. 3, we have the opportunity to make it truly great."

October 30, 2020

Fauci says he does not believe COVID-19 vaccinations will be mandatory

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 task force and the director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, said Tuesday that he doesn’t see the U.S. mandating everyone to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. “I don’t think you’ll ever see a mandating of vaccine particularly for the general public,” Fauci … Continued

August 20, 2020