Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has submitted her resignation, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition.
The World Health Organization says that even though the COVID emergency is over, the pandemic hasn’t come to an end.
The Alabama Senate has advanced legislation requiring hospitals and nursing homes to allow in-person visits, even during a pandemic.
It was Friday the 13th of March, 2020, that state health officials announced Alabama’s first COVID case, which was in Montgomery County.
Mayor Perkins symptoms are mild and will remain at home over the next few days to rest.
The first lady has been vacationing with President Joe Biden in South Carolina and began experiencing symptoms Monday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine if they come into close contact with an infected person.
Another COVID-19 vaccine option is now available to unvaccinated adults in Alabama.
People at Maxwell Air Force Base and the Gunter Annex are once again required to wear face masks indoors, due to the rise in COVID cases in Montgomery County.
Baptist Health said Emergency Departments are seeing a record increase in the number of patients seeking non-emergent care.
