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Pediatricians say Alabama transgender bill could outlaw circumcision AL.com 1 hr ago Amy Yurkanin, al.com A controversial bill that would outlaw some hormonal and surgical treatments for transgender youth could also inadvertently ban routine infant circumcisions, according to the Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Linda Lee, executive director of the chapter, said members became concerned early on about language regarding “removing any healthy or non-diseased body part or tissue” under a list of prohibited treatments. Violation of that section is a fe...

Alabama grandparents rank high for primary caregivers, doctors urge older, high-risk groups to get vaccine According to the U.S. Census, Alabama is among five states that rank the highest percent of the population aged 30 and older raising grandchildren. Author: Keneisha Deas Updated: 9:42 PM CST December 23, 2020 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Older and high-risk people will be among the first to receive the coronavirus vaccine, and the people in this group also happen to be grandparents. According to the U.S. Census, Alabama is among five states that rank the highest p...

Dr. Pippa Abston says her father passed away from COVID-19 a day after Thanksgiving. Author: Keneisha Deas Updated: 11:37 PM CST December 18, 2020 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Even with the vaccine rollout, one local doctor warns us to do our part to protect our older and high-risk population. Huntsville pediatrician Dr. Pippa Abston shared that her father, Dr. Philip Wylie Coulter, died from COVID-19 just a day after Thanksgiving. Abston says he had lived in Alabama his whole life, but lived in Florida the past two years. Coulter was 82 years old, and a physicist. She...