Tag: Don Williamson
New U.S. hospitals face fiscal crisis over COVID relief money
A whole town celebrated in 2020 when, early in the coronavirus pandemic, Thomasville Regional Medical Center opened, offering state-of-the-art medicine that was...
Kay Ivey awards $80 million in COVID-19 relief funds to hospitals...
On Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey awarded an additional $80 million of the State Fiscal Recovery Fund from the American Rescue Plan Act...
COVID-19 hospitalizations decline 5% across Alabama
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has decreased about 5% in Alabama since last week, a potential sign of improvement in...
Harris: ‘Omicron spreading like wildfire’ in Alabama
Alabama’s state health officer on Tuesday said the highly infectious omicron variant of COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire in Alabama as the...
Some schools teaching online, requiring masks as cases surge
With Alabama hospitals treating more COVID-19 patients daily and the positivity rate for coronavirus tests exceeding 35% statewide, some state school systems...
Alabama hospitals face severe blood shortage, need donations
Alabama hospitals are facing a severe blood shortage and have a critical need for donations, an organization of state hospitals said.
Record for virus patients in Alabama intensive care units
Alabama has set a new high for the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care, although the total number of hospitalized coronavirus...
Nearly 200 inmates test positive for COVID at Alabama prison
Nearly 200 inmates tested positive for COVID-19 at a state prison after officials implemented mass testing in the wake of an outbreak...
Kay Ivey issues state of emergency as hospitals face COVID surge
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday issued a state of emergency as state hospitals face a surge in COVID-19 cases, an order...
Alabama’s COVID hospitalization levels highest since January
Alabama is racing toward virus numbers it last saw at the peak of the pandemic, with more than 2,100 COVID-19 patients in...
