Tag: coronavirus
Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday
Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their...
U.S. hospitals letting infected staff members stay on the job
Hospitals around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay...
Omicron explosion spurs nationwide breakdown of services
Ambulances in Kansas speed toward hospitals then suddenly change direction because hospitals are full. Employee shortages in New York City cause delays...
Hospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots
Hospitalizations of U.S. children under 5 with COVID-19 soared in recent weeks to their highest level since the pandemic began, according to...
ADPH updates Covid-19 isolation guidelines for schools
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has updated its Covid-19 isolation guidance for K-12 students, faculty, and staff.
Alabama hospitals feeling effects of new COVID-19 virus
With most of Alabama’s population still not fully vaccinated against COVID-19, health officials say hospitals are dealing with an influx of patients...
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...
Report gives Alabama middling ranking in analysis of COVID-19 shutdowns and...
Alabama was ranked the 28th most severe state, economically, across the country in a recent analysis examining school and workplace closures, gathering...
Omicron upends return to U.S schools and workplaces
Some school systems around the U.S. extended their holiday break Monday or switched back to online instruction because of the explosion in...
Judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for Head Start program
President Joe Biden cannot require teachers in the Head Start early education program to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a Louisiana federal judge...
