Tag: health
Ellis: Can We Handle the truth about Coronavirus?
By Glenn Ellis
What else is there for you to know about the coronavirus that you haven’t already heard, you ask?
Every media outlet we turn...
Cooper Green Mercy adds telehealth services during COVID-19
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Cooper Green Mercy Health Services, which aids a large part of Jefferson County’s indigent population, has continued most services during...
What PPE donations UAB is accepting and new collection processes
By Savannah Koplon
UAB News
The desire from those in the Greater Birmingham community who want to help provide personal protective equipment — known as PPE...
Alabama tightens public restrictions to slow spread of COVID-19
By Alabama Newscenter Staff
The state of Alabama is implementing tighter restrictions surrounding public gatherings in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Alabama State...
UAB among U.S. sites hosting new clinical trial for COVID-19 treatment
Alabama Newscenter
The University of Alabama at Birmingham will take part in an NIH-sponsored global clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of novel...
Appointment-based coronavirus testing site opens in Birmingham
By Tyler Greer
UAB News
Birmingham-area hospitals and the Jefferson County Department of Health announced last week their first appointment-based community coronavirus testing site — the Downtown...
Drew: Safety Protective Measures for COVID-19
By Samuetta Hill Drew
As we continue as a country to deal with the world pandemic crisis of Coronavirus COVID – 19, there are some...
Ellis: Healthy Eating During Coronavirus Pandemic
By Glenn Ellis
As I write this column, state by state and city by city, all across this country “staples” in our lives are disappearing....
Barber shops, hair salons now ordered to close in Jefferson County
The Birmingham Times
Barber shops and hair salons have been ordered to close due to the risk of infection by COVID-19, said Mark E. Wilson,...
All non-essential businesses ordered to close in Jefferson County
The Birmingham Times
The Jefferson County Department of Health on Thursday ordered the closing of all non-essential businesses and services due to the risk of...
