Tag: CDC
Traveling in a World Where COVID Still Exists
By Samuetta Hill Drew
We are now living in a post pandemic world, but plenty of people are still getting COVID. It is the new...
Alabama Health Organizations Encourage Alabamians to Get a Flu Shot
Montgomery, AL – The Alabama Department of Public Health, the Alabama Hospital Association, the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, and Blue Cross...
How to Maintain and Reuse N95 and KN95 Masks
By Samuetta Hill Drew
This week the roll out began regarding the 400 million free N95 masks made available to Americans by the Biden...
Birmingham’s Mask Ordinance Expires, Unlikely to be Extended
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
The City of Birmingham’s mask ordinance officially expired on Monday and city officials have shown no interest in extending it.
City...
CDC Director: Racism in the US a “Serious Public Health Threat”
Bay News
The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately impacted minority communities across the country, and on Thursday the nation’s leading public health agency announced a series...
Drew: New CDC Travel Guidelines for Fully Vaccinated People
By Samuetta Hill Drew
As the saying goes “Spring has Sprung” and the weather is becoming sunny, bright, and warm with the unfortunate occasional spring...
Jefferson County Health Department: 100 years of protecting and promoting health,...
By Anita Debro
For the Birmingham Times
When people see the Jefferson County Department of Health building on Sixth Avenue South, with its complex series...
October Marks the Beginning of Flu Season
Special to The Times
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, October marks the beginning of flu season in the United States. It...
