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UAB doctor: unknowns about omicron COVID variant cause for concern

UAB's Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo said it's still unclear how omicron impacts those with other medical conditions.

December 22, 2021

More than half of those with COVID suffer longer-lasting health problems

UAB’s Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo said data from studies of long COVID are troubling, and there's still much to learn about long-term impacts.

November 19, 2021

Deaths of woman at Birmingham prison, man at Bessemer prison under investigation

The woman was found unresponsive on Halloween. The man had multiple health problems and was being treated at a hospital.

November 3, 2021

Alabamians hospitalized with COVID in ICUs, on ventilators largely unvaccinated

In Alabama on Saturday, 81 percent of hospitalized COVID patients were unvaccinated.

October 4, 2021

Alabama leads nation in recent COVID deaths per capita

Alabama’s ICUs remain critically full at 99.3 percent capacity, with 42 percent of ICU patients having COVID-19.

September 22, 2021

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.

September 20, 2021

Majority of Alabamians hospitalized with COVID-19 on ventilators are unvaccinated

There were 92 more patients needing ICU bed care than the state’s hospitals had formal ICU beds on Sunday.

September 6, 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.

August 30, 2021

Cases and hospitalizations of Alabama’s children are climbing

The number of Alabama children testing positive for COVID-19 recently is four times the number in early August 2020.

August 19, 2021

UAB doctors warn of delta’s impact on children, urge masks in schools

UAB's Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo said two children under the age of two are on ventilators in a Birmingham hospital.

August 19, 2021