Workers in America’s emergency departments were more likely to contract COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic in community settings or at home rather than when providing patient care in a hospital setting, according to new research conducted at emergency departments across the nation.
Researchers also found only 17 percent of parents of children between 6 months and 5 years old said their child has been vaccinated or will be as soon as possible.
Alabama has been dealing with an uptick in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations for much of the last two months as the highly contagious BA.5 subvariant of omicron spreads rapidly.
The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine have joined a network of children’s hospitals across the country that will coordinate on the response of future pandemics and other disasters.
Thompson said he will be isolating for the next several days, but Jan. 6 committee spokesman Tim Mulvey said the committee’s eighth hearing this summer will proceed.
Children 5 to 11 make up one of the least vaccinated age groups in the state. New numbers from the health department show only about 14-percent of them have gotten a shot.
The first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers has now been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, paving the way for vaccinations to begin as soon as next week.
The Montgomery Biscuits says multiple cases of COVID-19 among its players and coaches has forced the cancelation of the remaining three games in the series against the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.
The number of destroyed doses was far higher than previously thought, and senior executives had been warned for years that its quality systems were deficient, according to the House committee report.
Experts warn that the coming wave – caused by a mutant called BA.2 that’s thought to be about 30% more contagious – will wash across the nation and push up hospitalizations in a growing number of states in the coming weeks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a new quarantine and isolation calculator to give folks an easier way of figuring out when it is beneficial to stay at home.
During the first special session of 2022, the Alabama legislature passed bills dealing with money from the American Rescue Plan Act. About $80 million was sent to the hospitals and nursing homes in the state to fight COVID-19.
This month marks two years since the COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed in the state of Alabama. State Health Officer Scott Harris made it clear that we could have never been prepared for the impact.
The Air Force service members, stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue and McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas, are being represented by Kris Kobach, a candidate for Kansas attorney general, and attorneys from the America First Policy Institute.
One highlight of the updated plan is a new “test to treat” plan to provide free antiviral pills at pharmacies to people who test positive for the virus.
