Health care

WHO Suspends HCQ Trials

The World Health Organization has temporarily suspended a clinical trial of antimalarial drugs for Covid treatment following the May 22 publication by The Lancet...

USA Health Plans Free-standing ER for West Mobile

USA Health has announced plans for a new, free-standing emergency department in West Mobile, adjacent to the University of South Alabama campus. Construction is set...

Trump’s Covid Drug, Genetics and Risks

The anti-malaria drug that is being touted by President Donald Trump as a Covid treatment has associated risks, including a genetic-based risk for people...

350-Fold Telemedicine Boom “Nothing Short of a Miracle”

The swift adaptation of the Alabama health care system to telemedicine during the virus crisis has been "nothing short of a miracle," says Dr....

Immune Systems Studied for COVID-19 Treatment

Huntsville Hospital has teamed up with HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and iRepertoire Inc. to study local patients diagnosed with Covid-19 to see how their...

Alabama Hospitals in Slow Recovery

How will the health care system look after it's put back together?

Tuskegee U. Donors Furnish Prime Care with PPE

Tuskegee University recently did its part to protect local health care workers on the front line of the COVID-19 crisis. University leaders and faculty pulled...

Birmingham Tech Used to Help Produce a COVID-19 Vaccine

TriAltus Bioscience LLC’s protein purification technology — licensed by the University of Alabama in Birmingham — is being used to support research into a...

Doctor Visits by Phone: A New Way of Health Delivery in Alabama

In the last six weeks of the virus crisis 270,000 doctor visits have been conducted successfully over cell phones. It's an innovation in health care...

Wide Search to Repurpose Drugs for Sars-Cov-2

UAB picked to join international effort in search of existing drugs useful against COVID-19

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