Professionals preparing Alabama for surge in electric vehicles
Professionals in the electric vehicle industry gathered in Birmingham as the number of electric vehicles on the roadway is expected to greatly increase.
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UAB epidemiologist: South Africa sees child hospitalizations surge amid omicron variant
UAB's Dr. Suzanne Judd said there's still much to learn about omicron, but the rise in children being hospitalized is concerning.
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We’re in the cusp of either taming the plague or giving it a fifth life.
UAB doctors talk COVID, Pfizer’s vaccine safe and effective for 5-11 year olds
The FDA could give emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine for those aged 5 to 11 by the end of October.
Alabama sees mobile morgues, more federal medical teams as COVID surges
“I don't know how much longer we're gonna be able to do this," said Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris
Mass confusion: Reopening Alabama’s schools amid the delta surge
The lack of a singular, statewide order has left each Alabama school district implementing its own standards while trying to follow state guidelines.
Only two ICU beds available in Alabama as COVID hospitalizations surge
Of those hospitalized with COVID-19 statewide on Monday, 88 percent were unvaccinated, according to the Alabama Hospital Association.
COVID-19 surge leads to Alabama Walmart closures
Walmarts in Andalusia and Hamilton closed temporarily last week due to COVID-19.
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"Some of us don’t take the virus seriously. Until it directly impacts us. And then we speak with regret."
Alabama reports record rise in COVID-19 deaths
At least 129 deaths have been reported in the last week, the most in any seven-day period since the state's first confirmed death in late March.