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Alabama public officials said Friday that theyve identified the state’s first known cases of monkeypox.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama public officials said Friday that theyve identified...

Alabama public officials said Friday that theyve identified the state’s first known cases of monkeypox.

The youngest group eligible to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the US, children ages 5 to 11, is also the least vaccinated one.

What's the reason for the slow vaccination rate in children of this age? Experts say it could be a combination of things: Misconceptions about risk, misinformation about potential side effects and political influences.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama closed 2021 with a surge of COVID-19 cases as the extremely contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to sweep the nation. Alabama on Thursday hit a new high for the seven-day average positivity rate— the percentage of COVID tests coming back positive — at 31.4%.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Health officials on Tuesday urged people to take precautions,...

Alabama county readies for mass clinic as state struggles administering COVID-19 vaccine Updated Jan 16, 2021; Posted Jan 15, 2021 A map of the COVID-19 vaccine event at the Alabama Cruise Terminal in Mobile, Ala. (map provided by the Mobile County Health Department). Facebook Share Mobile County officials are preparing the Alabama Cruise Terminal ahead of the first major COVID-19 vaccination distribution effort in coastal Alabama on Saturday. Large-scale vaccination efforts in Mobile County ...

Vaccines given to ineligible recipients in this Alabama County Updated Jan 15, 2021; Posted Jan 15, 2021 Kortni Kennell with the infection prevention team at USA Health prepares the first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at University Hospital in Mobile on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com). Facebook Share The Mobile County Health Department confirmed Thursday and again on Friday that it gave out doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to people who were not eligible to receive one. The dose...