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Past And Present Collide As Community Health Centers Strive To …

WebMany rural health leaders believe community health centers, which were born in the 60s to reach low-income communities of color, were a missing piece in achieving equity in the …

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Children’s Well-Being In Alabama Improves, But Still Lags Behind …

WebIt saw more babies born with low birth weights, and child and teen deaths increased from 37 in 2018 to 41 in 2019. The survey rated children’s well-being the highest in states like …

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Five Things You Need To Know About Alabama’s New Medical …

WebYou could face up to a Class B felony if you possess, distribute, manufacture or use medical marijuana without a license. That includes if you’re given the drug by a registered patient, …

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Will Alabama And Mississippi Expand Medicaid To Low-Income

WebEstimates show that Medicaid expansion would open up eligibility to more than 550,000 people across Alabama and Mississippi, though that number is from before the COVID …

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Alabama receives F rating in latest March of Dimes report

WebAlabama ranked toward the bottom in the nation for maternal and infant health outcomes in an annual report put out by March of Dimes, an organization that promotes maternal and …

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‘Hospital-at-home’ trend means family members must be …

WebThis question is about to become more important. For decades, hospital-at-home was a small-scale experiment. During the COVID pandemic, the idea went mainstream. In …

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Birmingham VA Offers Vaccines To Eligible Veterans of All Ages

WebContact the Birmingham VA Call Center at 1-866-487-4243, press 1. Contact your VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic below to schedule an appointment: • …

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Our Team WBHM 90.3

WebDiana Beattie. Membership Specialist. Stephan Bisaha. Wealth and Poverty Reporter. William Dahlberg. Executive Director. Michael Harrington. Digital Marketing Specialist. …

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Alabama Will Follow CDC Guidelines For COVID-19 Booster Shots

WebAlabama’s leading health official said the state will provide booster shots for COVID-19, following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.At a press …

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Alabama’s Nursing Shortage Worsens During Pandemic WBHM …

WebAlabama’s Nursing Shortage Worsens During Pandemic. Since the coronavirus started spreading in March it has had a huge impact on Alabama nurses. “Their whole system, …

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UAB to build new Cooper Green clinic, replacing old hospital by …

WebJefferson County and the University of Alabama at Birmingham are moving forward with plans to build a new $55 to $65 million facility for Cooper Green Mercy Health Services, …

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Alabama is Offering Free Genetic Testing. Here’s Why.

WebHere’s Why. The Alabama Genomic Health Initiative offers free genetic testing to all residents. The plan is to recruit 10,000 people who reflect the diversity of the state. …

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$21 Million Study Will Research Health Disparities in the Rural South

WebThe RURAL project will study around 4,000 people who live in the rural South. Researchers are going to build a clinic on wheels that will house a full-sized CT scanner and travel to …

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Jefferson County overdose deaths hit new peak WBHM 90.3

WebAt least 417 people died in 2022 from all overdose deaths. That number is expected to grow, said Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates. Prior to 2019, overdose deaths in the county were …

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Birmingham Offers ‘Beacon’ For Alabama’s Transgender Community

WebAlabama was one of several states that recently proposed banning gender affirming care for trans youth. The bill passed in the senate this spring, but was postponed due to COVID …

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UMMC, BCBS clash is forcing some to leave Mississippi WBHM 90.3

WebFor the past several months, UMMC and BCBS have been fighting over who is to blame for the lack of covered care. Local media sources found UMMC had spent nearly $279,000 …

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Maternal deaths in the U.S. spiked in 2021, CDC reports

WebThe U.S. rate for 2021 was 32.9 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, which is more than ten times the estimated rates of some other high income countries, including Australia, …

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New Cooper Green facility breaks ground WBHM 90.3

WebOfficials broke ground on the new Cooper Green Mercy Health clinic on Jan. 9, 2023. Officials with Cooper Green Mercy Health broke ground Monday for a new clinic that’s …

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NCHS: Diagnosis rate for child developmental disorders rising

WebThe findings, collected from the newly-redesigned National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), show that during 2019-2021, there was a “significant increase” in the prevalence of any …

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