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Even with a handful of available treatments efforts, to repurpose other drugs or discover new ones have not had much success

How the Search for Covid-19 Treatments Faltered While Vaccines Sped Ahead Vaccine development exceeded everyone’s expectations. But the next few months will still bring many sick people — and doctors have woefully few drugs with which to treat them. A makeshift I.C.U. at a hospital in Torrance, Calif, earlier this month.Credit...Mario Tama/Getty Images Nearly a year into the coronavirus pandemic, as thousands of patients are dying every day in the United States and widespread vaccination is...

By David Smith Jan 29, 2021 Dr. Michael Saag from the Infectious Disease Department at UAB talks about the new strains of COVID-19 that are showing up now in Alabama as well as new treatments for those with the virus.  

By David Smith Jan 29, 2021 Dr. Michael Saag from the Infectious Disease Department at UAB talks about the new strains of COVID-19 that are showing up now in Alabama as well as new treatments for those with the virus.  

By David Smith Jan 29, 2021 Dr. Michael Saag from the Infectious Disease Department at UAB talks about the new strains of COVID-19 that are showing up now in Alabama as well as new treatments for those with the virus.

What went wrong with the vaccine rollout in Alabama and what happens next Updated on Jan 24, 2021; Published on Jan 24, 2021 Dr. Mary McIntyre, chief medical officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday, December 21, 2020 at Baptist South Medical Center in Montgomery. (Governors Office/Hal Yeager) Twitter Share Daphne Crocker, 73, watched the line of cars in front of her pulling away from the Daphne Civic Center. A police officer ca...

From side, an unidentified female health care worker is wearing a safety vest PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) gloves and face mask is administering the influenza vaccination to a male patient wearing a face mask and sitting in a parked automobile at the drive-thru flu shot event in the 12th Street Parking Deck at the Community Health Services Building during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease) pandemic, November 2020. By Savannah Koplon UAB News Now that effective vaccines for COVID-19 have ...

UAB: Why It's Safe And Important To Get The Coronavirus Vaccine - Birmingham, AL - The COVID-19 vaccine may help keep you from getting seriously ill, even if you do get the virus.

Alabama reaches another grim milestone: more than 6,000 COVID-related deaths Alabama passes 6K COVID-19 deaths By Chasity Maxie | January 15, 2021 at 6:07 PM CST - Updated January 15 at 6:07 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The state of Alabama has reached another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic with more than 6,000 deaths reported in the state. 6,030 families have lost loved ones in less than one year here in Alabama, and to put that into perspective, one doctor said that’s al...

COVID-19 treatment keeping hundreds from being hospitalized and very sick UAB looks to expand effective treatment program By Brittany Dionne | January 5, 2021 at 10:27 PM CST - Updated January 6 at 5:55 AM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Days after the new year, hospitals across the state were overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients and many of them were doing everything they could to prevent people from getting extremely sick from the virus. It’s the same treatment President Trump received when he...