Governor Ivey submitted a formal comment letter Friday to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on opposing the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for companies with over 100 employees.
Harris says even if vaccines are less effective against the new variant, getting vaccinated is your best chance to protect yourself against anything any severe cases until more information becomes available.
Kids ages 5 to 11 have been able to roll up their sleeves for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for a little more than three weeks. But how many kids in Alabama have received the shot?
The U.S. government on Friday moved to open up COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, expanding efforts to get ahead of rising coronavirus cases that experts fear could snowball into a winter surge as millions of Americans travel for the holidays.
Officials across the country and here in Alabama are fighting the COVID-19 Vaccine mandate, but most of those who put on the uniform are getting those shots.
New data from the Alabama Department of Public Health shows 88% of Alabama’s COVID-19 cases, and 89% of COVID-19 deaths, were in unvaccinated Alabamians.
An Alabama mom and her kids are sharing their experience with participating in Pfizer’s vaccine trial over the summer. They’re hoping their story will take away the fear some may have about getting their young children vaccinated against COVID-19.
When can more people get a chance at boosting their immune system against COVID-19? It could still be a few months before more people can get those shots.
The proposed emergency rule from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires private companies with 100 or more employees to ensure that their workers are either fully vaccinated by January 4, 2022 or will submit to weekly testing and wear mask
For those who received their first full set of vaccinations from February to May 2021, University of Alabama at Birmingham infectious disease experts said now is the time to schedule a booster ahead of Thanksgiving and other holidays as 2021 comes to a close.
One Birmingham labor lawyer believes opponents of the vaccine mandates will find a judge who will issue a nationwide preliminary injunction and stop the orders from going into effect until a court case is heard.
The CDC is linking more than 850 cases of the heart condition, myocarditis, to the COVID-19 vaccine, but one local pediatrician said it is not a concern for the five to 11 year old age group.
Leaders with the state health department said children’s vaccines will be available by the start of next week, but it won’t be as many providers as we saw with adult vaccines.
While some parents want to get their children who are five to 11 years old vaccinated, other parents are waiting for more information before making that decision.
The Attorney General said businesses and universities should not ask too many questions if an employee seeks vaccine exemptions for religious or medical reasons. Marshall, along with top lawmakers and a state personnel official, have promised to help employees who are fired find new jobs.
State Attorney General Steve Marshall joined Alabama lawmakers and others in advising state colleges and universities to grant employee requests for religious and medical exemptions from taking the COIVD-19 vaccine.
The Centers for Disease Control is signaling that some people many need a fourth shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the CDC’S website, those with certain health conditions that make them moderately or severely immunocompromised may need a fourth mRNA COVID-19 shot.
Dr. David Kimberlin, a Pediatric Infectious Diseases doctor at Children’s of Alabama, says the COVID-19 will protect parents, their children and people around them who may be vulnerable to the virus.
"Stillman College’s COVID-19 vaccination policy was announced to campus on Sept. 2, and since that date, Stillman has conducted several rounds of mandatory COVID-19 testing and free COVID-19 vaccination clinics to help members of our campus community achieve this critical layer of protection and ready for this transition."
Knox Co. Sheriff Tom Spangler wrote a letter to President Joe Biden on the executive order requiring the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment.
Deputy State Health Officer, Dr. Karen Landers, said each person may need to be evaluated on an individual basis and there isn’t necessarily a one-size fits all answer for that question.
"As long as I am your governor, the state of Alabama will not force anyone to take a covid-19 vaccine. Through today’s order, the state of Alabama is making our position on this issue crystal clear. A state law in response to President Biden is not enough. The courts are where this will be resolved."
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.
