County Commission Chairman: ‘We Don’t Have This Pandemic Under Control’

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Huntsville Hospital CEO David Spillers reported a spike in Madison County and the region.

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Health, Civic Officials Plea: Wear Face Coverings, Use Hand Sanitizers, Practice Social Distancing.

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Wear face coverings, use hand sanitizers and practice social distancing. It’s neither a broken record nor a cliche, just the repeated pleas from health and civic officials urging Madison County residents to practice these safety measures to battle the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. That checklist continues to be the theme at the bi-weekly pandemic press […]

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Local COVID-19 Cases Increase; City, County on ‘Watch List’

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Huntsville and Madison County enjoyed weeks as the poster child in the state for how to battle the novel coronavirus COVID-19. While other counties seemed to struggle in dealing with the virus, Madison County maintained low numbers of confirmed cases. That’s no longer true. At Friday’s COVID-19 press briefing in the Huntsville City Council chambers, […]

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Crestwood CEO: Masks Help Protect Wearer Against COVID-19; ‘The Life You Save May be Your Own’

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Madison County has had an increase of 222 positive cases in the past 14 days with a majority in the 24-49 age group

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Rime of COVID-19: Virus Hanging Like an Albatross Around Our Necks

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Spike in cases said likely in two weeks when any protestors contract the virus.

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Through Faith and Perseverance, Couple Holds Madison’s First Post-Shutdown Ribbon-cutting

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MADISON — It was the first grand opening and ribbon-cutting event in Madison since before the COVID-19 related shutdowns in March. Madison Mayor Paul Finley and the Madison Chamber of Commerce were on hand for the opening of Say Ahh! Family and Cosmetic Dentistry on U.S. 72 at Nance Road. Dr. Joyce Bellamy and her […]

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Madison Mayor Finley: Events to Fill Baseball Void at Toyota Field – When Allowed

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COVID-19 update: 285 confirmed cases in Madison County

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Redstone Arsenal Showing Resilience in the Time of COVID-19

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Last Friday, Gov. Kay Ivey announced a new “Safer at Home” order to replace her March “Stay at Home” order. The new edict relaxed some of the restrictions put into place to help flatten the curve of infection caused by the coronavirus pandemic. It allowed more businesses to open Monday, as long as they adhere […]

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Medical Officials Concerned About Disease Affecting Children

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An alert has been issued about a rare inflammatory disease that could possibly be related to COVID-19. The condition — Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome — so far has only been diagnosed in children. No cases have been found within the state, but Dr. Karen Landers of the Alabama Department of Public Health said her department is […]

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Huntsville International Airport Adopts Face-Covering Policy

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Huntsville International Airport will implement a face-covering policy for anyone entering the airport terminal building effective Monday, May 18.  This policy will be in effect until further notice. The policy urges everyone entering the facility to wear a face-covering and applies to anyone inside the terminal building whether traveling or not.  In addition, HSV is […]

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