Tag: UAB
UAB to Boost Emergency Response for Growing Patient Need
By Savannah Koplon
UAB News
The University of Alabama at Birmingham will begin temporary and long-term expansions of the UAB Hospital University Emergency Department (UED), as unprecedented demand for...
UAB Study: Fatal Car Crashes Rose in Alabama Over Past 3...
By Matt Windsor
UAB News
Despite fewer drivers on the roads and fewer injuries per accident, fatal crashes in Alabama increased by 26 percent over the...
Free Home Visits for JeffCo ER Users in New Cooper Green...
By Savannah Koplon
UAB News
Emergency departments across Birmingham and the country are all experiencing similar stressors: full waiting rooms, longer than normal wait times and...
Jim Baggett, Birmingham (AL)’s Foremost Historian, to Retire on June 23
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
For historians, authors, researchers, academics, or anyone else looking for information about city of Birmingham history, the road usually leads...
Artist Who Nearly Died Creates Works of Gratitude For Those Who...
By Shannon Thomason
UAB News
Delrico Gibson thought he would never make art again.
A devastating gasoline explosion Feb. 29, 2020, left Gibson with burns to his face...
UAB’s Jimmy Pham: From Mixed Martial Arts to Marketing
Matt Windsor
UAB Reporter
A childhood surgery at UAB helped transform Jimmy Pham into a fighter. When he was 5 years old, his parents moved the...
UAB Receives Nearly $4M to Study Diabetes Affecting Minority Youth
By Emma Shepard
UAB News
The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in youths is increasing in the United States, primarily among minorities, with Black and Hispanic...
10 Birmingham-Area Women Share The Best Advice They’ve Received
Compiled by Nicole S. Daniel
Photographs by Desiree Greenwood
The Birmingham Times
As we come to the end of Women’s History Month, the Birmingham Times spent the...
UAB School of Nursing to Offer Women’s Health Services at Cooper...
By Hannah Echols
UAB News
Regular gynecological screenings and comprehensive wellness visits are important for women’s short- and long-term health. However, there are significant barriers to...
Shared Histories: Black-Jewish Relations in Birmingham and Beyond
By Kiara Dunlap
For The Birmingham Times
Often depicted as frayed ties between the Black and Jewish communities as seen in some areas of today’s media and...
