COVID-19

The Alabama Department of Public Health says it is shifting how it monitors COVID-19 as part of its response strategy to the pandemic.

The Alabama Department of Public Health has made it clear the decision to mask is a personal one, that includes in the classroom this fall semester.

The state health department explained any statewide masks polices are unlikely.

Dawn Adams then heard about Rosie Davis who lost her mother to covid 19 and started the yellow heart memorial.

John Hopkins University found the average number of daily deaths has risen above 400 for the first time in two months.

The doctor reports that 622 Alabamians are in the hospital with COVID-19. That includes 92 people in the ICU and 38 people on ventilators.

Alabama health officials are encouraging the public to keep a close eye on COVID-19 as infections continue to increase.

It’s a surge that has local doctors like Beth Weaver saying “covid is back.”

COVID-19 numbers are rising again across Alabama, but we are still nowhere near the peaks we saw during the Omicron surge.

After weeks of low COVID-19 numbers, numerous Alabama counties are now labeled as having “high” community transmission of the virus.

Alabama State Health Officer Scott Harris has spent more than two years discussing COVID-19. On Wednesday, he confirmed he’s tested positive for it.

The hospital makes changes based on community transmission levels.

Fewer people are being treated for COVID-19 in Alabama hospitals than at any time since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a new quarantine and isolation calculator to give folks an easier way of figuring out when it is beneficial to stay at home.

Southeast Health Medical Center is taking the time to reflect on the past two years, starting with the beginning.

Rep. Barry Moore joined sixteen of his colleagues in a lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

This month marks two years since the COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed in the state of Alabama. State Health Officer Scott Harris made it clear that we could have never been prepared for the impact.

This month marks two years since Alabama detected its first COVID-19 case. Many hospitals across the state strained to care for the sick and called in help from traveling healthcare workers.

The changes begin on Monday.

The guidance issued Thursday is the Republican governor’s latest break with federal COVID-19 policies.

Masks will be “strongly encouraged” starting Thursday, February 24.

Loss of taste is a common symptom of COVID, but what about the people who never got their taste back? Doctors at MCG are studying to figure it out.

With the new Omicron subvariant BA.2 surfacing scientists are keeping a close watch as to whether the Covid treatments will work against the new strain.

Check your mailbox. Free COVID-19 test kits are arriving at homes across Alabama.

The FDA discontinued BAM and REGEN-COV once they saw it’s inability to treat the Omicron variant.

While COVID-19 remains a threat across the state, the numbers are getting better.

COVID cases are starting to drop, and so are the number of children ending up in the hospital sick with the virus.

Researchers are finding that even booster shots lose some of their effectiveness after about four months.

Masking will remain in effect in patient care areas (including areas specifically designated by UA medical experts) and on public transportation (as mandated by federal law). Those who are sick or symptomatic may test at the Student Health Center or University Medical Center, seek treatment, and stay home when advised.

On Monday, Gov. Brian Kemp announced that floor leader Sen. Clint Dixon (R-Gwinnett) will introduce the “Unmask Georgia Students Act.”