Tag: health
Drew: Pause Lifted on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine, Now What?
By Samuetta Hill Drew
Last week’s article reviewed the Johnson & Johnson’s Jassen COVID-19 vaccine cases which prompted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and...
COVID Vaccination Site Opens at Birmingham CrossPlex
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
A new COVID-19 vaccination site has opened at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Five Points West.
Vaccines will be administered by...
Cooper Green providing COVID-19 vaccinations for their patients
UAB News
Patients of Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority can now get COVID-19 vaccinations on-site at Cooper Green, an affiliate of the UAB Health System. The...
Drew: Alabama’s New Safer Apart Order
By Samuetta Hill Drew
On April 9, the State of Alabama transitioned from an amended Safer at Home order to a new Safer Apart order...
How People of Color Experience Grief Differently
By Alicia Forneret
Black Voices
My work in the world is dedicated to helping people access grief resources. Recently, I received an email that read, “Why is your site only...
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...
Almost 30 percent of UAB vaccinations go to Black Alabamians, changes...
UAB News
The University of Alabama at Birmingham and UAB Medicine have delivered 133,323 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines since mid-December, with almost 30 percent of those administered to individuals who...
All of Us Research Program Ramping up on In-Person Enrollment
Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
The All of Us Research Program was off to a good start in its goal of recruiting one million persons to chart...
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...
Princeton’s Baptist Medical Center’s Letisha Shields Named a Tenet Hero
tenethealth.com
Princeton Baptist Medical Center on Tuesday announced that Letisha Shields, nurse manager in the Medical Intensive Care Unit, has been honored by Tenet Healthcare...