Alabama State Health Officer tests positive for COVID
Dr. Scott Harris, who is vaccinated and boosted, on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday but is exhibiting mild symptoms.
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Uninsured Alabamians may soon have to pay for COVID tests, treatments
Congress failed to approve additional COVID funding to pay for tests, treatments and vaccines, and the burden to pay for those is to fall on the uninsured.
Alabama’s positivity rate reaches 42.3 percent as cases surge
There were 329 COVID patients hospitalized in Alabama on Dec. 1, and by Thursday that had increased by 343 percent, to 1,459.
Law grads concerned over in-person Alabama bar exams amid COVID-19 surge
Test-takers in Alabama are required to sign a waiver noting that they’re taking the test at their own risk.
Alabama prisons investigating third inmate death in less than two weeks
An older inmate serving a life sentence at St. Clair Correctional Facility died Wednesday, the Alabama Department of Corrections said in a statement — the third inmate to die in an Alabama prison of an unstated cause in less than two weeks. Arthur Ahmed, 69, died May 6 while serving out his sentence for first-degree … Continued
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The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly throughout the country, with nearly 850,000 cases of infection, out of which over 5,300 took place in Alabama. While everyone is vulnerable to contracting the novel coronavirus, there are certain groups of people who have a higher risk of contracting the virus, such as veterans and former industrial workers. … Continued
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See recent postsAlabama flying blind into “reopening” thanks to Trump’s failures
Where are the tests? Save your rhetoric. Save your excuses. Save your ridiculous blaming of some other country. And tell us where the tests are. Because we were supposed to have them long ago. Enough tests for “anyone that needs a test gets a test.” Remember that whopper from the reality-show-racist y’all decided to let … Continued
Brooks urges COVID-19 antibody tests
Congressman Mo Brooks joined a bipartisan letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services as well as the Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority urging that HHS rapidly deploy COVID-19 antibody testing. “Americans must work for the good of their families, our economy, and our country,” Brooks said. “At the same … Continued
Study: Socioeconomic status correlates with higher test performance in Alabama
Results from Alabama’s 2018 standardized grade level tests have been released. Across the board, Alabama students in grades 3-8 scored 47.5 percent proficient in math and 46.3 percent proficient in reading. The proficiency rate for science is tested in the fifth and seventh grades and Alabama students scored 38.0 percent proficient in science. 2018 was … Continued