COVID-19 vaccine

Published reports say HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, junior fired the leader of the National Institutes of Health, Jeanne Marrazzo. The termination appeared related to her clashes over vaccine research in the early months of the Trump Administration. APR listeners may remember Marrazzo in her role as a professor and Director of the Infectious Disease Department at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

The Ask Your Doctor campaign is being promoted across Alabama, where residents are encouraged to ask their physician about the flu shot and other vaccines. The Alabama Department of Public Health, the Alabama Hospital Association, and the Medical Association of the State of Alabama are all backing the initiative.

A new study from Help Advisor shows that Alabama has the third highest number of Long COVID reports in the country. According to the report, nearly 32% of Alabamians who tested positive for COVID-19 experience have also Long COVID symptoms.

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.”

Customers may need a dose of patience at U.S. pharmacy counters as those businesses start their busiest season. Drug and staffing shortages haven’t gone away. That includes here in Alabama.

One of Alabama’s largest employers is requiring its workers to be fully vaccinated by November. The UAB Health System says all 16,000 employees must be…

Not enough Alabamians are getting vaccinated against COVID-19, causing tens of thousands of doses to be wasted. State Health Official Scott Harris shared…

Users of the social media platform TikTok are invited to share COVID-19 vaccine content for a chance to rake in some prize money.Today is the last day for…

An Alabama college is reimbursing students who are vaccinated against COVID-19, despite the state's ban on incentives. Birmingham Southern is requiring…

Gadsden is offering monetary incentives for people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, despite the state's refusal to do so. The city said residents can…