Health How you’ll learn it’s your turn to get a COVID-19 vaccination Officials plan a marketing campaign and will use pharmacies, doctors and clinics to inform others when vaccines are available. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 31, 2020
Health Just 15% of Alabama’s vaccine supply administered, but pace expected to quicken There had been 20,354 vaccines administered as of Monday, out of the state’s supply of 128,175 combined doses. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 29, 2020
Health “A spike on top of a surge on top of a spike”: Experts warn of worsening COVID crisis Alabama's weekly average of cases has grown by 56 percent since Dec. 1, and the state ranks third highest in COVID-19 hospitalizations per capita. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 29, 2020
National “A very dire place:” UAB’s Dr. Marrazzo discusses Alabama’s COVID numbers, vaccines “We are at a very dire place in the pandemic, and the concern is that we haven't even seen the worst of it,” Marrazzo... Eddie BurkhalterDecember 7, 2020
News “A tidal wave:” ICU beds scarce as Alabama breaks another hospitalization record Infectious diseases experts worry if hospitals will have enough staff to handle "what might be a tidal wave of patients in the next month.” Eddie BurkhalterDecember 1, 2020
Health Alabama seeing “borderline out-of-control” community spread, UAB expert says An infectious disease expert at UAB described the state's high positivity rate as a sign of uncontrolled community transmission. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 18, 2020
Health Alabama sets new record high 7-day average of daily cases Over the last seven days, Alabama has reported a record-breaking 14,375 cases. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 16, 2020
Health UAB Hospital has cared for more than one person reinfected with COVID-19 UAB Hospital has cared for more than one patient who recovered from coronavirus only to contract it again. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 13, 2020
Health “Slipping back down that precipice:” COVID-19 surging in Alabama ahead of holidays Rising cases and hospitalizations are all the more concerning as holidays approach and people are desperate to see their families. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 11, 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