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Alabama health leaders have announced the state’s infant mortality rate has reached a historic low. This comes as the national infant mortality rate has risen for the first time in two decades. Infant mortality rate is the number of deaths per 1,000 infant births in the state.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked the website Surgo Ventures to rank U.S. States for their overall vulnerability to COVID infections. Their data shows Alabama is among those ranked as “very high.”
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Alabama officials are asking kids to show off their best grins. The Alabama Department of Public Health’s “Share Your Smile with Alabama” photo contest is happening now through November 30. The campaign is in its seventh year.
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More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. The population of older adults in the Birmingham area is expected to rise nearly fifty thousand people by the end of this decade. Nutrition, exercise, and socialization tend to decrease as adults turn into elders.
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A judge ruled that Alabama cannot shut down freestanding birth centers that meet certain standards, siding with midwives and doctors who challenged what they described as Alabama's de facto ban on the facilities.
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More Alabamians are in the hospital for COVID-19 now than they have been since early March. That’s according to the Alabama Hospital Association (AlaHA).
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State health officials are warning the public to be on guard for a disease spread by mosquitoes. Two human cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis have been reported in Baldwin County in the past few weeks. One of those illnesses ended in a fatality. The Alabama Department of Public Health is alerting state residents to take precautions to avoid being bitten. The list includes using bug repellent, wearing long sleeved shirts and long trousers.
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A group of midwives, doctors and health care activists are working to provide a path for freestanding birth centers in Alabama to keep their doors open.
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Alabama’s Physician Workforce Act is now in effect. The bill was first introduced by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama earlier this year before receiving unanimous support from both Alabama House and Senate committees in late April. Governor Kay Ivey signed the bill into law this June.
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The Alabama Department of Public Health is asking people who have worked in certain Alabama poultry plants to get tested for tuberculosis (TB).