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...
What are Alabama’s Covid Models?
As national media continue to report criticisms of state policies on reduced lockdowns of the economy, Alabama has become one of the frequent targets.
Recently...
Birmingham Lab One of Two in Nation to Test COVID-19 At-Home Samples
Assurance Scientific Laboratories has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as one of two laboratories to test specimens for Everlywell COVID-19 at-home...
Alabama Moving to Covid Contact Tracing
Contact tracing of individuals in Alabama infected with SARS-CoV-2 is coming soon, by way of a smart phone application now being developed by the...