Every school building in the Janesville School District likely will have a secure entrance by fall 2022, paid for through the $22.5 million capital referendum voters approved in November, according
By Tyler Greer
UAB News
Of the 59,167 vaccination doses delivered by the University of Alabama at Birmingham and UAB Medicine since mid-December, almost 21 percent of those doses were administered to individuals who self-identified as Black, 67 percent White, 7 percent Asian and almost 3 percent Hispanic or Latino.
Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has highlighted people of color among the “critical population” to vaccinate because they are at “increased risk of acquiring or transmitting COVID-19,” a nationwide report the agency released on Feb. 1 estimates that only 5.4 percent of those vaccinated are Black. ABC News recently examined 15 states’ data and determined that many are underperforming when it comes to providing vaccines to the Black community.
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When the forecast showed that the weather was going to take a downturn, the vaccine clinic planners at UAB began figuring out how to handle the three-day shutdown.
Alabamaâs state health officer concerned about vaccination sites, supplies, and variant viruses
Winter weather impact on vaccines By Alan Collins | February 18, 2021 at 4:46 PM CST - Updated February 19 at 2:37 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The winter storm is still keeping some people from getting their COVID-19 shots. County health departments in the northwestern part of the state were closed again Thursday because of dangerous roads.
County health departments and other providers shut down Monday and Tuesday. Some reopened Thursday, but the threat of hazardous roads are keeping others out of action.
The Alabama Department of Public Health hopes to see those who were scheduled earlier return to those sites that are open Saturday. Dr. Scott Harris said they can work extended hours trying to catch up on those shots.