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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).
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A group of midwives and doctors filed a lawsuit challenging what they described as Alabama's de facto ban on freestanding birth centers by requiring the facilities be licensed as hospitals.
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The Equitable Neighborhoods will serve an additional five communities after a $3 million extension to their grant. The funding comes from the CDC and the Alabama Department of Public Health
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For many Alabamians, school starts next month. As children go outside for recess or physical education, some schools may lack the shade structures needed to protect their students from skin cancer. The Alabama Department of Public Health is offering grants to all Title I public schools in need of such shade structures. The grant program is part of ADPH’s Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition.
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The Alabama Department of Public Health is seeking public comment on new proposed regulations that could limit the role of midwives and birthing centers in Alabama.
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Community youth organizations still have time to submit their applications to the Alabama Department of Public Health for federal funding. ADPH is soliciting requests for proposals (RFPs) from education programs providing evidence-based information on the risks associated with unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to Alabama youth aged 10 to 19. These applications are due by August 4 at 3 p.m. Central Time.
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Fourth of July is today, and many Alabamians are getting ready to cook a homemade meal or fire up the grill. Whatever the occasion, health professionals warn of possible food dangers and ways to avoid them this Independence Day.
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Governor Kay Ivey recently signed a bill into law that could strengthen the role of Alabama’s clinical social workers.
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The Alabama Department of Public Health created a legal agreement with the U.S. to take immediate action on raw sewage exposure issues in Lowndes County last month. ADPH recently announced the details of its moratorium in a press release.
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The COVID-19 federal public health emergency ended two weeks ago, but Alabama health leaders say the virus is not completely gone.