Telemedicine: A New Way of Health Care Delivery in Alabama
Alabama has been a leader in a national health care trend driven by the ongoing virus crisis, thanks to quick action by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama.
SiO2 Materials Sciences Expands in Auburn
SiO2 Materials Science plans to invest $163 million to expand its Auburn facility after securing a contract to supply the federal government with vials...
USA Health Receives Epilepsy Accreditation
The USA Health Comprehensive Epilepsy Program (SouthCEP) has been accredited as a level four epilepsy center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers for...
Nursing Homes Lacking in Infection Control: GAO Report
Alabama had the eighth highest percentage of nursing homes with an infection prevention and control deficiency — 50.2 percent — prior to the ongoing...
The Sanders Trust Adds Iowa Hospital to 29-State Portfolio
The Sanders Trust, one of the nation’s leading healthcare real estate investment companies based in Birmingham, recently announced the completion of construction on the...
Biotech Job Fair for Critical SARS-CoV-2 Role
Auburn biotech company SiO2 is holding its second of two job fairs this Thursday, June 18, to fill up to 200 jobs expected to...
Auburn Biotech to Be Hub for U.S. Covid Vaccine Delivery
A biotech in Auburn is positioned to be the primary supplier of vials for coronavirus vaccines for whatever U.S. companies are chosen to roll...
Feds Inject $142 Million into Auburn Biotech to Speed Vaccine Delivery
Two top federal biological research agencies today announced an agreement investing $142 million in an Auburn biotech to speed production of specially engineered vials...
Blue Cross Groups Sue CVS, Allege Price Gouging
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama is one of four Blue Cross groups that filed suit on May 27 against CVS Health for overcharging,...
Nursing Home Deaths Study Prompts CMS Hardball
A recent study by a national nonprofit that found 42 percent of all Covid deaths in the U.S. are in nursing homes and assisted...