Children ages five to eleven years old could soon be rolling up their sleeves for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. But will the state be ready to administer those vaccines if the drugmaker is granted Emergency Use Authorization for this age group?
Businesses could play a bigger role in coronavirus vaccinations in the future. A pilot program is underway now that could fine tune the process to protect more people from COVID-19.
J&J was considered a breakthrough with only one shot rather than two, but now after more studies, it shows a second shot will provide even better protection.
A terrible price has been paid with more than 15,000 Alabamians dying of Covid-19. The Alabama Department of Public Health saying many of these lives could have been saved had they been vaccinated against the virus.
Executive Order GA-40, issued Monday, states receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine “by any individual, including an employee or a consumer,” cannot be mandated when the individual objects “for any reason of personal conscience, based on a religious belief, or for medical reasons, including prior recovery from COVID-19.”
We’ve heard so much about how COVID-19 can affect adults long-term, but what about children? A mother and her son talk about the stress they’ve experienced dealing with long-hauler COVID symptoms.
The CDC’s list of those eligible to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster includes several different groups. So, how do you know if you should be rolling up your sleeve for a third shot? Local doctors said two groups should be getting booster shots: anyone 65 and older, and those 50 and older who have underlying health conditions. But there many others who may also need to get an additional shot soon.
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Sept. 22, found that the effectiveness of a two-dose regimen was 96 percent for Moderna vaccine and 89 percent for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
We’ve heard many reports debunking myths about COVID-19 vaccines impacting women’s reproductive health, but misinformation continues to circulate about how they impact men’s health.
Williamson said while staff is still stretched thin, transfers are also improving. He said the state is now able to transfer patients to other hospitals again, it just is not happening as quickly as he would like.
This coming Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, you can head to Legion Field for your COVID-19 vaccine and get free tickets to the Morehouse vs. Tuskegee game on October 9th.
More than 40% of Alabama’s population is fully vaccinated and the vaccination rate is slowly on the rise. Health officials are also seeing more teens and adolescents getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
This week Alabama received about 6,600 doses of monoclonal antibodies. The cost of the drug is covered, but you can expect to pay some administrative costs if you seek the treatment.
Health leaders continue to tell us that the key to recovery is for more people to get vaccinated. With Alabama having one of the lowest vaccination rates in the nation, what’s the best way to convince those who are still hesitant about getting the shot to change their minds?
Danika Barrett comes to Princeton Baptist every day for a window visit with her husband, Brian, who is battling COVID-19 and on a ventilator. Danika said she and her family believe in the power of prayer and she feels it daily. She said, “It has been overwhelming the people who pray for us.”
Platinum of Birmingham on 2nd Avenue North will offer the COVID vaccine from 8 p.m. to midnight in cooperation with the Alabama Black Women’s Roundtable and Medsplus Consulting.
UAB hosted a webinar Monday answering questions about flu season and the latest COVID-19 updates. Doctors said only a handful of flu cases have been reported so far, but flu season will be here soon and they want to make sure you have protection against both the flu and COVID.
State health leaders are urging pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine after seeing more expectant mothers hospitalized with the virus this past week.
UAB officials said they are reversing the vaccine mandate while they wait for details from the government about a potential federal mandate, but state leaders said this reversal wont make a huge impact right now.
