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HENDERSON — Choirs are among the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. Singing in groups is especially dangerous in spreading the virus. The choirs of First Baptist Church and First United Methodist Church have been inactive since early in the COVID-19 outbreak. Both churches conduct their worship services online. Hymns and anthems are pre-recorded for the services. But no choirs. The music directors of the two churches decided to remedy that. Mark Hopper of First Baptist and Al Hyde of First United Methodist conceived the idea of a virtual choir. They recruited singers from their choirs to ...

Doctors treating some COVID patients at home as Alabama hospitals run low on beds Updated Dec 14, 2020; Facebook Share Dr. Blayke Gibson works at the front lines of the COVID pandemic in the emergency department at UAB Hospital, where she sees some of the state’s sickest patients. But as beds fill up at UAB and across the state, Gibson and her colleagues are increasingly sending some of them home as part of a program designed to treat borderline cases outside of the hospital. UAB has purchased inexpensive pulse oximeters that can be sent home with patients and allow them to monitor their o...