Senior Citizens Should Consider High Dose Flu Vaccines
Flu season is just a few months away and a new study suggests senior citizens should consider high dose influenza vaccines.
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Certain Drugs May Protect Breast Cancer Survivors
Common anti-inflammatory drugs may help protect the health of some breast cancer survivors.
Too Much Salt a Global Problem
Researchers say eating too much salt is a major health risk around the world.
Man Killed in Standoff with Muscle Shoals Police
Police in Muscle Shoals are investigating a standoff that ended with a man’s death.
Channel Information for SEC Network
Here are all you local listings for the today’s launch of the new SEC Network.
Simulation Teaches AU Students Impact of Poverty
Students in Auburn University’s Honors College are spending the week on a series of service learning projects and simulations to learn the impact of poverty on local families. Executive Director of Alabama Possible Kristina Scott tells the Opelika-Auburn News the simulation is meant to give students a better understanding of what it’s like to live in poverty through exercises based…
Tuscaloosa Police Phone System Targeted in Attack
Tuscaloosa police say they working with federal authorities to investigate an attack on the department’s phone system.
Education Board Offers Bice 2-Year Contract, Raise
The Alabama State Board of Education has offered Superintendent Tommy Bice a new two-year contract and a pay raise.
Wildlife Officials Concerned Over Bat Population
Federal wildlife officials are hosting a series of information sessions about a proposal to list a type of bat as endangered after a disease found in Alabama wiped out part of the species.
New Drug Seized in Alabama
Federal authorities say a new designer drug seized for the first time in Alabama has been seen dozens of times in other state.
