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Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 10:36 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
As Alabama experiences an uptick in COVID cases once again, omicron sub-variants BA.5 and BA.4 have begun to make headlines for their ability to evade immunity protections.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 7:00 PM CDT
|By Matthew King
COVID cases have reached the highest numbers since February.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2022 at 2:08 PM CST
|By Stacker
Counties are ranked by the highest death rate per 100,000 residents as of Feb. 8, 2021.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 4:51 PM CST
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Several school systems across the Valley are transitioning to virtual learning due to an increase in absences from students and staff as a result of the COVID-19 surge.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 2:41 PM CST
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Students in Russellville City Schools will transition to virtual learning effective Jan. 13 due to the COVID-19 surge.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2022 at 3:21 PM CST
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Huntsville Hospital announced it will be administering third doses/booster vaccinations for COVID-19 to anyone 12 and older.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2022 at 11:53 AM CST
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Watch the full update here
Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 10:55 AM CST
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Dr. Scott Harris is scheduled to update Alabama at 11 a.m.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2021 at 7:00 PM CST
|By Chasity Maxie
COVID-19 is spreading rapidly across Alabama. The level of community transmission is high in all of the state’s 67 counties.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2021 at 9:37 PM CST
|By Tristan Ruppert
“Last year everyone was in masks, not in schools, not in work, so we weren’t seeing nearly the number of viruses we are seeing now,” said Urgent Care for Children Nurse Practitioner Vivi Tucker.
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Updated: Dec. 20, 2021 at 9:23 PM CST
|By Madison Scarpino
“I will tell you that every health department in the state of Alabama offers testing five days a week,”
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 2:01 PM CST
|By WBRC Staff
The person developed mild symptoms in early December and got a COVID test. No travel history was reported outside of Alabama.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 12:11 PM CST
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Alabama has confirmed its first case of the omicron variant of COVID-19.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2021 at 4:09 PM CST
|By WBRC Staff
Attorney General Marshall filed three legal challenges to President Biden’s vaccine mandates
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 6:28 PM CST
|By Madison Scarpino
“Be cautious during the upcoming weeks of being around other family members that you haven’t been around,”
Updated: Nov. 15, 2021 at 12:56 PM CST
|By Madison Scarpino
“The vaccine program looked risky from the very beginning,”
Updated: Nov. 1, 2021 at 9:19 PM CDT
|By Caroline Klapp
Children 5-11 years old could be eligible to receive a covid-19 vaccine in a matter of days.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2021 at 2:32 PM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
The Alabama COVID Response Unit (ACRU) is offering free mental health counseling services for individuals across Alabama. The program is funded by a grant from the Alabama Department of Mental Health.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2021 at 4:13 PM CDT
|By Alan Collins
The state of Alabama is preparing to receive pediatric COVID-19 vaccines for children 5-11 years old.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2021 at 9:16 AM CDT
|By Kellie Miller
Dr. Ali Hassoun, infectious disease specialist, said the goal of these boosters is to help maintain your immunity and keep antibody levels high.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2021 at 1:41 PM CDT
|By WBRC Staff
There’s no way of telling how many cases will be confirmed in Alabama, but the state began taking precautions on Friday, March 13, 2020.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 10:52 AM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Harris will comment on the current COVID-19 mitigation efforts in the state.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2021 at 3:38 PM CDT
|By Kelsey Duncan
Huntsville Hospital announced their Community Vaccination Clinic in John Hunt Park will offer booster shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine starting Wednesday, Sept. 29.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 12:34 PM CDT
|By WSFA 12 News Staff
Pediatricians are encouraging parents of children 12 and over to get them vaccinated for COVID-19.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 at 5:51 PM CDT
|By Erin Davis
The wait time for a COVID-19 test could soon go from a few hours to few seconds due to new rapid testing technology being developed by engineers at Auburn University.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 8:45 PM CDT
|By Madison Scarpino
“It’s too much and you’re not getting any compensation for it, you’re not making enough money to do it and these nurses are getting worn out.”
Updated: Sep. 13, 2021 at 10:08 PM CDT
|By Lauren Jackson
Officials with the state health department say Covid-19 cases in children are making up about a fourth of the state’s overall cases right now.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 7:04 PM CDT
|By Madison Scarpino
“We’re doing everything we can but, that’s still not enough,”
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 7:25 PM CDT
|By Madison Scarpino
The testing clinic is on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 3p.m.-8p.m.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 6:36 PM CDT
|By Madison Scarpino
“If there is a breakthrough case or a case in a highly vulnerable person, the monoclonal antibody is life saving,”
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 8:18 PM CDT
|By Madison Scarpino
“If you think it can save someone’s life, it’s important for everybody to be vaccinated,”
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 4:30 PM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Starting this week Huntsville Hospital’s Fever and Flu Clinic will have separate COVID-19 testing for children up to age 18.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2021 at 10:59 AM CDT
|By Kelsey Duncan
The Alabama Department of Public Health introduced a COVID-19 vaccine initiative on Thursday at 11 a.m. ahead of the 2021-2022 college football season.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 11:59 PM CDT
|By Brittany Dionne
Recovering from COVID-19 does offer natural immunity against the virus, according to health officials, but it’s not enough long-term.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 4:13 PM CDT
|By WSFA 12 News Staff and Erin Davis
Alabama’s hospitals continue to hover at just under 2,900 COVID-19 inpatients with the number of pediatric cases continuing to climb.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 at 10:45 PM CDT
|By Lauren Jackson
Children’s of Alabama reports an increase in the number of school age children coming into the emergency room with COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 at 9:52 AM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Dr. Harris will issue an update on COVID-19 mitigation efforts in the state.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2021 at 9:40 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
Alabama is seeing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in school-age children, leading some schools to announce a temporary return to remote learning.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2021 at 12:32 PM CDT
|By Madison Scarpino and Kelsey Duncan
Bella Winters, known for her tremendous heart transplant story has tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 3:25 PM CDT
|By Anna Mahan
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is strongly urging women in all stages of pregnancy to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 9:00 AM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Huntsville Hospital is set to host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Parkway Place Mall this Saturday.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 8:32 AM CDT
|By Madison Scarpino
According to the CDC, pregnant women are at increased risk for severe illness and death from COVID, and only around 16% of pregnant women have had their first dose. Dr. Lauren Mann says the benefits of the vaccine for those pregnant, breastfeeding, or hoping to conceive outweigh the risks.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 10:18 PM CDT
|By Lauren Jackson
State health leaders said there has been a significant increase in the number of people getting vaccinated across the state.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 8:48 PM CDT
|By WSFA 12 News Staff
One Alabama lawmaker says he and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 8:46 PM CDT
|By WBRC Staff
Whether you take Acmetra for arthritis, an auto immune disease, or because you are hospitalized with COVID-19, the drug will soon be difficult to get a hold of.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Three schools in Lawrence County will transition to virtual learning due to COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 7:29 PM CDT
|By Madison Scarpino
“We are approaching a situation where it’s going to becoming increasingly difficult to impossible for patients to get timely access to ICU beds,”
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 12:15 PM CDT
|By WBRC Staff
We currently have 373 students/staff who are either positive or quarantined.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 2:45 PM CDT
|By WSFA 12 News Staff and Erin Davis
Nursing homes carry particular concern since the elderly make up one of the largest at-risk populations for COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2021 at 2:29 PM CDT
|By Madison Scarpino
“We’ve had in or service 20-year-old’s incubated and very, very sick and we’ve seen people dying from this without any health issues,”