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Alabama inmate died after testing positive for COVID-19. Two others test positive

An inmate in an Alabama prison who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, the Alabama Department Corrections announced Friday. Two others have tested positive for the virus. Dave Thomas, 66, a terminally ill man serving a life-sentence at St. Clair Correctional Facility died Thursday after having been taken to a local hospital on April 4. … Continued
April 17, 2020

Trump signs Right to Try Act, allowing terminally ill patients to attempt experimental drugs

President Donald Trump signed the Right to Try Act into law on Wednesday. The law would allow terminally ill patients to attempt experimental drugs that do not yet have approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Several members of the Alabama congressional delegation have been vocal proponents for passage of the legislation. “I was proud … Continued
May 31, 2018

US Rep. Mo Brooks supports bill that would give terminally ill patients the right to try experimental treatments

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, who represents Alabama’s 5th Congressional District, delivered a House floor speech Thursday calling for a vote on Senate Bill S. 204, the Right to Try Act, which would give terminally ill patients the right to try experimental treatments that have not yet completed the Food … Continued
January 19, 2018

Right To Try Bill Passes Legislature

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter  On Thursday, May 28, the House passed the Right to Try Act, which was sponsored by Senator Cam Ward (R-Alabaster), and carried by Representative April Weaver (R-Shelby County) in the House.  The law, SB537, gives terminally ill patients access to medicines that have passed Phase 1 of the … Continued
June 1, 2015