UAB vaccine sites closed Tuesday due to inclement weather (Source: WBRC) By WBRC Staff | May 4, 2021 at 8:30 AM CDT - Updated May 4 at 8:30 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Due to inclement weather expected on Tuesday, the Hoover Met, AOH Cathedral of the Cross, and Parker High School vaccination sites will be closed.
UAB officials say anyone with an appointment scheduled for Tuesday will be able to come any other day this week.
As a reminder, here are location hours for each of UAB’s vaccination sites:
Parker High School
No appointment needed
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
No appointment needed, but you may self-schedule an appointment online if you wish at this link
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Show Transcript WITH MEN 16 TO 5 IN ORDER TO GET THIS BEHIND US, WE ABSOLUTELY NEED PEOPLE VACCINATED. REPORTER: ALABAMA’S STATE HEALTH DOCTORS KNOW YOUNGER PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO GET THE VACCINE. I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD OF OUR OVERAL PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS OF UPTAKE AND RECOGNIZE IN THE GROUP REALLY 16 TO 54, WE’VE ONLY BE ABLE TO VACCINATE IN THAT GROUP ABOUT 25 REPORTER: THE STATE’S VACCINE DISTRIBUTION DASHBOARD SHOWS THAT. IN FACT, OF THE 2-PLUS MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN THE VACCINE, ONLY 34% OF THEM ARE MEN. WE DO SEE MORE WOMEN TAKING THE VACCIN REPORTER: DOCTOR KAREN LANDERS SAYS THEY’RE USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO REACH MEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. IN FACT, ONE OF OUR PHYSICIANS IS GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO A TEEN AND YO
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No appointments needed for UAB COVID-19 vaccination sites (Source: WBRC) By WBRC Staff | April 21, 2021 at 1:08 PM CDT - Updated April 22 at 3:11 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - As of Wednesday, April 21, 2021, UAB Medicine leaders said no appointments are needed at any of their COVID-19 vaccination sites.
You can still schedule an appointment if you want the certainty of a day and time at uabmedicinevaccine.org, or you can just show up at a site and get the vaccine.
UAB offers the Pfizer vaccine and they are available to anyone 16 and over who has not yet received a COVID vaccine.
Vaccination site hours are as follows:
That s because she was recently diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, known as POTS.
It s a chronic autonomic nervous system disorder that affects the bodily system that regulates heart rate, temperature, sweating, digestion, blood pressure, immune system, fight-or-flight response and more.
POTS can be triggered by several things, a common one being viral infections.Â
Ava s doctors believe her coronavirus infection triggered POTS, a condition that might ease in a matter of years or stick with Ava forever, said her mother, Amy Pennycook.
COVID-19 commonly causes severe illness in people who are elderly or have preexisting health conditions. Ava was neither elderly nor suffered from chronic conditions when she tested positive.