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We all are like cars. We have transmissions, some have six speeds, some have five or other speeds. If you are like me, a six speed – wide open every day – going full speed all day and parking at night. Others start off a four speed, not so fast, but constant. The coronavirus – COVID-19 … Continued

Wednesday, former state Senator (R-Mobile) and congressional candidate Bill Hightower (R-Mobile) issued a statement in support of a congressional investigations into a possible coverup of the coronavirus by China’s Communist regime and the World Health Organization (WHO). “While there are many unanswered questions looming, the trajectory of this pandemic is undeniable,” Hightower said. “The Communist … Continued

More and more of Alabama’s brainpower is being redirected into fighting the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Dr. Jerome Baudry is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. Dr. Baudry and his lab are involved in a project that is using the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Summit … Continued

The Alabama Department of Commerce announced Tuesday that a number of Alabama firms, research institutions and scientists have been mobilized in the international effort to fight the novel coronavirus, which has killed over ten thousand people this year. Huntsville’s Diatherix announced that it has developed a highly sensitive and specific assay, or test, for the … Continued

A vaccine for coronavirus is making its way through the testing process, but will likely take at least a year before it’s ready for the market, said a University of Alabama at Birmingham physician on Friday.  Dr. Molly Fleece, an infectious disease expert at the UAB, told reporters at a press conference Friday that there … Continued

Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a robust emergency supplemental funding package to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Coronavirus, the COVID-19 strain. The package – which provides $7.767 billion in emergency appropriations, more than triple the Administration’s original request. “I voted ‘yes’ today to provide an additional $7.8 billion to fight the … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Influenza is hitting Alabama and most the country unusually hard this year.  Reports of influenza have been higher than the state’s baseline for seven straight weeks.  More samples of suspected influenza cases have been turned in to this point, than in all of the 2011/2012 flu season. Symptoms of … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama State Senator Gerald Dial and Alabama State Representative Jim McClendon are hoping that a bill that they have prefiled for 2013 legislative session can continue the positive trend in lowering Alabama’s infant mortality rate. Senator Dial (R) from Lineville said in a written statement, “Alabama ranks among the … Continued