Tag Archive for: COVID-19

With Masking Mandate Extended, Health Officials Urge Public to ‘Stay Vigilant’

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Gov. Kay Ivey: “Folks we’re not there, yet. But goodness knows we’re getting closer.”

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PNC Survey Shows Alabama Business Owners Look to Vaccine-Driven Recovery

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Small and mid-sized business owners in Alabama strongly support vaccination for COVID-19 and plan to encourage their employees to get the shots in an effort to boost local economic recovery, according to the PNC Alabama small business owners survey released today. More than half (57 percent) of Alabama businesses surveyed will require employees to get […]

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HSV Awarding Airline Tickets to Front Line Heroes, Register Today at Noon

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Everyone agrees we need to “Give ‘em a Break” after what will most likely go down in history as the most stressful and exhausting year in any health care worker or first responder’s career.  Huntsville International Airport and Frontier Airlines are “giving ’em a break” with free tickets to Orlando. The first 50 qualified COVID-19 […]

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COVID-19 Statistics Among Blacks Said ‘Alarming’

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Interventional cardiologist Dr. Warren Strickland of Crestwood Medical Center presented what he called “alarming’’ statistics among the black community regarding COVID-19 at the weekly update at the Huntsville City Council chambers. According to Strickland, though that segment represents just 13 percent of the United States population it accounts for 28 percent of COVID-19 deaths as […]

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A Path Forward: HudsonAlpha Hosts COVID-19 Community Awareness Roundtable

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The two-part series is free and open to the public.

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Number of COVID Cases in the Area is Down ‘Drastically’; Vaccine Supply is Limited

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Huntsville Hospital CEO David Spillers opened the recent weekly COVID-19 update with positive news. Before the briefing ended at the Huntsville City Council chambers, however, there were also some negatives regarding the availability of virus vaccines. First, the good stuff. According to Spillers, there are 263 COVID-19 inpatients in hospitals across the region, down from […]

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A&M and UAH Athletics Tackle Financial Challenges During Pandemic

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The pandemic created unique challenges for college athletic programs throughout the country, and the Division I Southwestern Athletic Conference came up with an original answer for its football programs. The SWAC moved the regular season to this spring. Players at Alabama A&M – the school is a member of the SWAC – reported for COVID-19 […]

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State Expanding COVID-19 Eligibility to Those 65 and Older; More Front-line Workers

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The Alabama Department of Public Health is extending eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations to include people 65 or older, and additional groups of frontline workers, effective Feb. 8. Gov. Kay Ivey and the Public Health Department made the announcement Friday. The Vaccine Allocation Plan is available at www.alabamapublichealth.gov/covid19vaccine/assets/adph-covid19-vaccination-allocation-plan.pdf. Frontline critical workers listed in the plan are […]

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Coronavirus ‘Fatigue’, Apathy are Concern to Health Officials

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“We can vaccinate about 3,000 people a week right now in Madison County. That’s all the vaccine we’re getting.”

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