Tag: ADPH
Alabama prepares for possible arrival of coronavirus COVID-19
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) on Wednesday assured the public that as of February 26 there are no known cases...
State health officials plan summit on Alabama infant deaths
Health officials are planning a meeting to raise awareness of Alabama’s worsening infant death rate.
The Infant Mortality Reduction Summit is scheduled Friday at Auburn...
Lawmakers announce opioid overdose devices for high schools statewide
An auto-injection device that helps reverse an overdose from opioids, like heroin and prescription painkillers, is being offered for free to high schools across the state of...
Kay Ivey wants to see Alabamians become safer drivers
Gov. Kay Ivey wants to see Alabamians become safer drivers. That's why she's awarded a $2.8 million grant to the University of Alabama and Auburn...
Health Department warns Zika and West Nile virus reported in Alabama
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is urging state residents to guard themselves against mosquitoes as several cases of Zika and West Nile virus...
ADPH reviews ocular melanoma cases associated with Auburn University
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) on Friday announced they are working in conjunction with Auburn University to review cases of uveal melanoma among 35...
Pharma Kaleo donates opioid overdose-reversing drugs to Alabama
A major pharmaceutical company previously criticized for inflating prices donated 1,744 doses of an overdose-reversing drug to Alabama’s volunteer rescue squads to combat the...
Scott Dawson calls for investigation of all Alabama abortion clinics
Gubernatorial candidate Scott Dawson called for the investigation of all Alabama abortion clinic's on Friday; after it was reported that a Montgomery abortion clinic...
Alabama goes teal to raise awareness of sexual violence
According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, every 98 seconds, another American is sexually assaulted....
House approves safety legislation after tragic grease trap drowning
Following the tragic death of a little girl falling into a grease trap last year, the State House on Tuesday evening passed unanimously passed...
