The Jefferson County Department of Health (JCDH) and the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency (JCEMA), through the Jefferson County Unified Command (JCUC), has established a new call center to provide information to the public regarding [Read More]
Your child spikes a fever or is having trouble stopping throwing up. Maybe they have had a spill and you’re wondering if it’s a break or simply a sprain. Should you try Urgent Care, or [Read More]
The University of Alabama at Birmingham will launch a community-based testing model in Jefferson County, Alabama, as part of an effort to improve access, acceptance, uptake and appropriate follow-up to COVID-19 testing in traditionally underserved populations. UAB’s Minority [Read More]
As the much anticipated — and much-feared — second wave of coronavirus sweeps across the county, emergency room physicians at the University of Alabama at Birmingham repeat a message they first voiced last spring as the [Read More]
Grandview Medical Center is one of 10 national hospitals to receive a NICU donation as part of Project 4, an initiative sponsored by Project Sweet Peas, a national non-profit organization that supports NICUs and NICU [Read More]
As one of the most at-risk populations for COVID-related complications, many older adults have been forced to isolate themselves, causing decreased physical and mental activity. Medical experts from the University of Alabama at Birmingham say that, while [Read More]
Music has the power to transport listeners, even when heard through computer speakers, protective equipment and hospital walls. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the sickest patients at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital have had their troubles eased, [Read More]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports an estimated 1.6 million to 3.8 million sports- and recreation-related concussions in the United States each year. Most of these occur from motor vehicle crashes and sports-related injuries [Read More]
Epilepsy Foundation Alabama will be hosting their statewide “Virtual Walk to END EPILEPSY®” on Sat. 7 at 9:30 a.m. on Zoom. The event was originally scheduled for November 7 at Railroad Park but was moved to [Read More]
November is Eye Donation Month, a time when the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) and its member eye banks raise awareness about life-changing opportunities created through eye donation. Since 1961, U.S. eye banks have provided corneas [Read More]
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