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Alabama Ranks 9th Nationally in Inmate COVID-19 Deaths

Alabama ranks ninth in the country for the number of COVID-19 deaths per 10,000 inmates. Advocates say crowded conditions and an aging prison population have merged with lethal results. Thirty-four people (32 inmates and two staff members) have died from…

UAB Aims to Enroll Patients For Vaccine Trial

Scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham say they aim to begin enrolling patients soon for a clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Paul Goepfert, director of UAB's Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic, says the clinic hopes to get…

Hospitals Brace for Post-Thanksgiving COVID Surge

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama hospitals are bracing for a post-holiday surge in COVID-19 cases. Infections were already rising before Thanksgiving gatherings. Health officials fear there will be a new wave of cases after the holiday. Dr. Don Williamson, the…

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