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.
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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.
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.
Alabamians hospitalized with COVID in ICUs, on ventilators largely unvaccinated
In Alabama on Saturday, 81 percent of hospitalized COVID patients were unvaccinated.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.