Tag: health
Ellis: Holidays, Cold Weather Bring COVID-19 Challenges
By Glenn Ellis
Before you start planning how you are going to celebrate the holidays with family and your friends, you should be aware that...
UAB’s Dr. Bruce Korf: All of Us Research Gives Insight Into...
Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
The goal of the All of Us Research Program is to help researchers understand more about why people get...
How Safe is Traditional Trick-or-Treating During COVID-19?
By Tehreem Khan
UAB News
Trick-or-treating is at the core of Halloween fun. As the holiday approaches, parents and children are concerned about what COVID-19 means...
Drew: School-Based Services and the Impact on Your Decisions
By Samuetta Hill Drew
The former articles over the past several months have involved safety topics about the well-being of one’s life and lifestyle due...
Ellis: COVID-19 and Your Chronic Conditions
By Glenn Ellis
We have all been overwhelmed for what seems like an eternity with this pandemic. We are all exhausted, stressed out, and some...
Cooper Green offers its patients drive-in flu shots with food giveaway
By Bob Shepard
UAB News
Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority will offer drive-in or walk-in flu shots from Oct. 20 to Dec. 13 to its...
Miles College Provides Wellness Center For Students
Photos by Sydney Melson
The Birmingham Times
Miles College on Friday announced the grand opening for its Student Health and Wellness Center which comes in the...
Alabama Football Coach Nick Saban Tests Positive for COVID-19
By John Zenor
Associated Press
Alabama coach Nick Saban and athletic director Greg Byrne have tested positive for COVID-19, three days before the second-ranked Crimson Tide...
Drew: Balance Between the Social, Emotional and Academic Considerations
By Samuetta Hill Drew
Despite this past summer’s scientific analyses which highlighted states across our country with different COVID-19 risk factors, school districts began the...
Ellis: The Other Pandemic: Social Determinants of Health
By Glenn Ellis
There is an old saying, “When America catches a cold, Black people get pneumonia.” An article from The Brookings Institution goes into...
