Health FTC report: PBMs inflate drug costs, harm independent pharmacies The country's largest pharmacy benefit managers are contributing to a rise in prescription drug prices. Staff7 days ago
Health Sen. Doug Jones wants full COVID-19 aid, expresses concern over future of ACA “I am not for a piecemeal approach," Jones said, urging his Senate colleagues to move forward with a COVID-19 aid package. Eddie BurkhalterOctober 7, 2020
Health UAB conducting clinical trials of COVID-19 drugs, therapies, including two given to the President UAB physicians are conducting a trial of the drug company Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody cocktail. Eddie BurkhalterOctober 7, 2020
Environment Gov. Kay Ivey declares state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Delta Delta is the 25th named storm and the ninth hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Eddie BurkhalterOctober 6, 2020
Economy What’s the Black Belt? Alabama Education Policy Center sets out to define it A number of different federal and state agencies and private groups have different definitions of the Black Belt. So what is it? Eddie BurkhalterOctober 6, 2020
Health 24th Alabama inmate dies after testing positive for COVID Willie Bernard Collins, 67, died on Oct. 1 after battling the disease for 113 days. Eddie BurkhalterOctober 6, 2020
Health Alabama COVID deaths drastically declined after governor’s mask order, data shows What the new data shows is that the state’s highest single-day of deaths was July 31, when 29 people died. Eddie BurkhalterOctober 2, 2020
Health UAB doctor: Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis a “sobering reminder,” urges masks and social distancing “If the most powerful, or one of the most powerful leaders in the world is susceptible to COVID and its consequences, that's incredibly sobering... Eddie BurkhalterOctober 2, 2020
Education Schools won’t be required to report COVID-19 data for state’s K-12 dashboard Information presented on the dashboard won’t be broken down by individual schools but will instead be displayed for whole systems. And districts won’t be... Eddie BurkhalterOctober 1, 2020
Health Nursing Home Association announces plan for indoor visits “It’s important for nursing home residents and their family members to be able to visit in person and this is another step toward returning... StaffOctober 1, 2020
Health Judge orders Alabama to change voter requirements over COVID-19 concerns In his 197-page ruling, the judge wrote that “the plaintiffs have proved that their fears are justified.” Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 30, 2020