The drugmaker said early results showed that its treatment, lecanemab, reduced patient clinical decline by 27% when compared to a placebo or fake drug after 18 months of the infused treatment.
Tick-borne diseases are typically rare in Alabama, but Dr. Wes Stubblefield with the Alabama Department of Public Health stressed they still cause serious problems.
The miliary’s healthcare program and government-managed health insurance, better known as Tricare, will be dropped from thousands of independent and community pharmacies.
Andrea Mills created the “Love Like Lexi Project” in honor of her daughter who lost her life to suicide in February 2019. The project is now making a difference in numerous schools across Alabama.
“Some of the time those stereotypes and misconceptions, over time, have maybe left some people out. Maybe victims have not come forward because they did not recognize themselves as being a victim."
A new mother said an app called Count the Kicks helped save her daughter’s life. It’s helps mothers in their third trimester of pregnancy learn their baby’s kicking habits. And when this mom noticed her baby’s movements had changed, she knew it was time to see a doctor.
The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs and the Alabama Department of Mental Health are partnering with seven schools in the state for “Operation We Remember.”
The JMS Burn and Reconstruction Center includes 13 burn intensive care patient rooms, 20 burn step down unit patient rooms and a 12-room outpatient clinic.
The University of Alabama changed some game-day procedures for 2022, with the goal of making the stadium more handicap accessible, but a woman from Birmingham says more needs to be done.
Alabama is one of 22 states in which hepatitis A is no longer considered to be in outbreak status, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health.
Alabama head football coach Nick Saban sat down with NBC’s ‘Today Show’ on Tuesday to discuss a topic arguably more important than another championship run.
Top health expert Dr. Anthony Fauci encouraged people to get this new vaccine booster as soon as they can for optimal protection against the omicron variant.
People ages 12 and older are eligible to receive Pfizer-BioNTech boosters and people ages 18 and older may receive Moderna boosters which researchers said will provide broader protection against the newer variants.
New COVID-19 boosters that target today’s most common omicron strains are set to begin soon after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the updated shots Thursday.
The Drug Enforcement Administration said it appears drug cartels are targeting a younger population with these rainbow-colored pills that can resemble candy.
COVID deaths were blamed for about half the decline in 2021. Some other big contributors include drug overdoses, heart disease, suicide and chronic liver disease.
Moderna said Friday that Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine Comirnaty infringes on patents Moderna filed several years ago protecting the technology behind its preventive shot, Spikevax.
Senior Biden administration officials outlined the state of the vaccination campaign Friday to the Associated Press in advance of a public briefing by White House and health officials.
Biden and Democrats are trying to harness outrage over the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide, in this year's midterm elections.
The recent passage of legislation that would limit the cost of insulin for Medicare patients has renewed hope for those pushing for Congress to do more.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/72H4ZIU23JFNPMHKYZVKTKWHMQ.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/25HBE544ZJFTVIOZ66S7XQJRUI.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/UNGBRYN75JGVHCXBRXL6CZNJFE.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/TWIZQIDDKBA3JFREDDIBWGU23E.png)