Public Health

Fort Payne City Schools Extending Their Masking Guidelines

The Fort Payne City school system is extending its masking guidelines. School leaders hope the decision will help protect students…

3 years ago

Cherokee County School Board Issues Amended Mask/Face Covering Procedure For Indoor Activities

Due to the “Proclamation of Existence of a Local Emergency” for Cherokee County declared August 26, 2021, Cherokee County Schools…

3 years ago

FDA Approves Pfizer COVID Vaccine

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech…

3 years ago

Child COVID Hospitalizations On The Rise Statewide

Over the first 18 days of August, Dr. Scott Harris said, 8,462 children younger than 18 had tested positive for…

3 years ago

State Health Leaders Calling For New Mask Mandate

Health experts at UAB are calling on lawmakers to bring back a mask mandate. During a press conference with health leaders…

3 years ago

ADPH recommends additional COVID-19 vaccine doses for certain people with weakened immune systems

People with weakened immune systems are now eligible for an additional dose of Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine following a…

3 years ago

Gov. Ivey issues ‘limited, narrowly-focused’ State of Emergency

Governor Ivey has declared a new State of Emergency effective, Friday, August 13, 2021. This emergency proclamation is aimed at…

3 years ago

Alabama hospitals urge patients only go to emergency rooms for true emergencies and not for COVID-19 testing

As cases of COVID-19 in Alabama increase rapidly, subsequent hospitalizations due to the virus have risen at a rate not…

3 years ago

Riverview Regional Changing Visitation Policy As COVID Cases Increase

Riverview Regional Medical Center in Gadsden has changed its visitation policy because of the recent increase in the COVID-19 positivity…

3 years ago

Gadsden Regional Provides Update To Their Visitor Policy

Effective Monday, August 2, 2021, Gadsden Regional Medical Center will be updating their Visitor Policy as follows: Everyone-- vaccinated and…

3 years ago