Birmingham Times
Glenn Ellis: Should vaccines be required for children?
By Glenn Ellis
Vaccination has long been a familiar, highly effective form of medicine and a triumph of public health. Because vaccination is both an...
‘We must shatter and slay the Goliath of poverty that runs...
By Frank James Matthews, III
I have announced my candidacy for Mayor of Birmingham. I am running because Birmingham's poverty rate has remained in the...
All Kids Should Be Screened for Obesity
By Michelle Andrews
Kaiser Health News
Earlier this week, a group of experts in preventive care affirmed that children age 6 and older should be screened...
People, Places and Things by Gwen DeRu
BY GWEN DERU
TODAY
2017 NONPROFIT AWARDS by the Birmingham Business Journal is at Regions Field, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
It honors charitable organizations and corporations...
Miles College, area schools devastated by loss of Upward Bound program
By Kyoka Akers
For The Birmingham Times
Miles College, Talladega College and Tuskegee University – three Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the state of...
Trump administration opposing bid for syphilis study museum in Tuskegee
By Jay Reeves
Associated Press
The Trump administration opposes a bid to use unclaimed money from a legal settlement over the government's infamous Tuskegee syphilis study...
Obama tears into GOP over healthcare replacement bill
By Trenisha Wiggins
The Birmingham Times
Former president Barack Obama ripped into a planned GOP Senate bill that will do away core elements of the Affordable...
Birmingham could be first stop for Bill Cosby town hall meetings
By Lynn Elber
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bill Cosby will organize a series of town hall meetings to help educate young people about problems...
Mayor Authorizes City Crews to help on Private Property following Yesterday’s...
Special to the Times
Mayor William Bell authorized City public works crews to remove trees and debris from private property around the city following the...
U.S. Attorney Charges Former State Rep. Oliver Robinson in bribery conspiracy
Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
The U.S. Attorney’s Office today charged former State Rep. Oliver Robinson with accepting bribes from a Birmingham lawyer and an...
