Beta weakened to a tropical depression Tuesday as it parked itself over the Texas coast, raising concerns of extensive flooding in Houston and areas further inland.
Beta was expected to move northeast along the Texas coast over the next couple of days, weakening into a depression, before heading into Louisiana sometime mid-week.
Cooler temperatures have been welcomed by many, but Birmingham restaurants who provide outside services are worried colder weather could further cut into their bottom line which has already taken a major hit from the coronavirus.
There’s general agreement among the CDC panel that frontline health care workers should be the first to get a vaccine when one is approved, but who gets priority after that?
The Fifth Annual Diaper Drive hosted by The Junior League of Birmingham (JLB) will help stock the JLB Diaper Bank which distributes thousands of diapers each month to 230 vetted organizations.
The bleak milestone, by far the highest confirmed death toll from the virus in the world, was reported by Johns Hopkins, based on figures supplied by state health authorities.
According to Deputy State Health Officer Dr. Karen Landers with the Alabama Department of Public Health, Labor Day was the first holiday with a mask order in place
Secretary of State John Merrill said the state broke its absentee voting record during the July run-offs and he believed we’ll break another record in November.
It was the first day for in-person learning for more than half of the students in Tuscaloosa City Schools, but the district is still adding in extra measures.
The CDC updated a document on Friday saying there was growing evidence that airborne droplets after a sneeze, cough or talk can linger in the air longer and travel farther than once believed. But on Monday, the agency said that was a mistake.
It’s more than just a number to thousands of loved ones in the United States. The country has nearly 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus. It has left some families heartbroken knowing a loved one was taken too soon.
Nearly 200,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States. Health professionals expect that number to grow as everyone waits on the creation of a vaccine.
