Tag: health
Ellis: COVID Killed 25 of my Friends. Here’s What I Learned
By Glenn Ellis
Dear COVID-19,
You have killed over 500,000 innocent women and children; 25 of them were my friends. People are scared and overwhelmed after...
Is Double Masking and Glove Wearing really Necessary?
By Fletcher Allen
UAB News
Throughout the pandemic, people have had to adapt quickly to changes in recommendations from experts — start wearing masks, practice proper...
Drew: Smartphone-based tool for COVID-19 vaccine check-ins
By Samuetta Hill Drew
We have spent several weeks exploring the different aspects of the two-federal authorized COVID-19 vaccines – Pfizer-BioTech and Moderna. Past articles...
Ellis: Community, herd immunity and COVID-19
By Glenn Ellis
Even though the speed of the COIVD -19 vaccination campaign has improved somewhat, there are still millions and millions more doses yet...
UAB shows COVID-19 vaccine’s reach into underrepresented communities
By Tyler Greer
UAB News
Of the 59,167 vaccination doses delivered by the University of Alabama at Birmingham and UAB Medicine since mid-December, almost 21 percent of those doses were...
All of Us Research: Participants Are Now Getting Back Genetic Results
The All of Us Research Program offers participants the opportunity to receive information back about their DNA. NIH
The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program...
Drew: Johnson & Johnson’s Single Shot COVID Vaccine
By Samuetta Hill Drew
As thousands of Americans, both within the designated COVID-19 vaccine categories and those yet not listed, anxiously await their two-dose vaccination,...
Ellis: All about the COVID-19 mutations
By Glenn Ellis
The newest mutations of the COVID-19 showing up in the United States will bring with it, over the next three or four...
16 Walmart stores in Birmingham-area will become COVID-19 vaccination sites
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Sixteen Walmart stores will now become COVID-19 vaccination sites in the Birmingham-Metropolitan area.
The retailer began distributing up to 14,000...
The U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis Demands Action—From All Of Us
Essence
A maternal death is a tragedy. A preventable maternal death is an outrage. The prevalence of maternal deaths in the United States—and the unacceptable...