Health officials urge taking precautions during the holidays
As we approach the second holiday season during the pandemic, more people are planning to gather and travel this year.
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Auburn University to No Longer Require Masks Inside Most Buildings for Vaccinated People
Beginning Monday, Nov. 15, Auburn University says it will no longer require face masks in most campus buildings for those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
ADPH: COVID-19 Cases in Alabama Schools Rise Above 700
The Alabama Department of Public Health has released a new COVID-19 school dashboard. For the first time in weeks, it shows cases have risen slightly.
Business Owners Say they’re ‘Stuck in the Middle’ with Vaccine Mandate Controversy
Now that Alabama legislators passed a bill (SB9) to create exemptions, whether religious or not, for the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate, many business owners say they are stuck in the middle. “The primary target of it is a religious rather wise personal exemption to the federal COVID vaccine mandate,” said Dr. Allen Linkin, professor and researcher at the University of…
Pfizer Says Its COVID-19 Pill Can Cut Hospitalizations, Death Risk by 90%
Pfizer says its experimental pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% among patients with mild-to-moderate infections.
ADPH: COVID-19 Cases in Alabama Schools Fall Below 700
The Alabama Department of Public Health has released a new COVID-19 school dashboard. It shows another drop in cases among the school systems that have reported to the state.
Alabama GOP Advances Bill for Vaccine Mandate Exemptions
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation aimed at limiting companies’ ability to fire workers who say they can’t get vaccinated against COVID-19 for religious or medical reasons. The House Health Committee approved a revised version of a bill that would create a state form for workers to claim an exemption. An employee submitting the form couldn’t be…
ADPH: Alabama Public School COVID-19 Cases Drop to 752
The Alabama Department of Public Health has released a new COVID-19 school dashboard. It shows another drop in cases among the school systems that have reported to the state.
COVID-19 in Alabama: Hospital ICU Bed Surplus Nearly 250
The Alabama Hospital Association says the surplus of staffed ICU beds at the state’s hospitals has risen to nearly 250.
Alabama Lawsuit: COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Will Lead State Employees to Quit
Alabama state officials have argued in a lawsuit challenging the federal vaccine requirements that many university and state agency employees would leave their jobs if required to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
