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A worker, left, gives a COVID-19 vaccine inside a cubicle while another person shops at a Walmart store in Haleyville, Ala., Monday, April 5, 2021. The store is in Winston County, which is trying to get more people immunized but is running into problems with both supply and willingness from a population that is both nearly all white and voted heavily for former President Donald Trump last year. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
Some vaccine sites operating far below capacity in Alabama

Apr. 21, 2021 01:00 PM EDT

Alabama National Guard Sgt. Antwan Marshall gives a COVID-19 vaccination to Shirley Thompson on Friday, April 2, 2021 during a clinic at Wilcox High School in Camden, Ala. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)
COVID-19 hospitalizations up 20% in Alabama in 10 days

By Jay Reeves Apr. 20, 2021 01:35 PM EDT

Alabama reviewing Medicaid expansion incentives

By Kim Chandler Mar. 20, 2021 02:00 PM EDT
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans for years have opposed expanding Medicaid eligibility. Now, they may be cracking the door. ...

Editorial Roundup: Alabama

By The Associated Press Mar. 17, 2021 06:13 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ March 14 The Decatur Daily on Decatur City...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey gives a COVID-19 update during a news conference at the Alabama Capitol Building in Montgomery, Ala., on Thursday March 4, 2021. With states including Texas and neighboring Mississippi ending masking requirements, Ivey announced Thursday that masks will be required in the state of nearly 5 million people through April 9. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
Alabama's Republican governor extends face mask mandate

By Kim Chandler Mar. 04, 2021 12:03 PM EST

Alabama virus hospitalizations hit lowest point since fall

Feb. 18, 2021 06:22 PM EST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The number of people in Alabama hospitals with COVID-19 dipped Thursday to around 1,000, the lowest since late autumn. ...

Alabama Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris speaks during a news conference update on COVID-19 restrictions at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. (Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
Supply issues hinder Alabama COVID-19 vaccination efforts

By Kim Chandler Jan. 22, 2021 02:15 PM EST

Health officials urge Ivey to extend Alabama's mask order

By Kim Chandler Jan. 20, 2021 06:34 PM EST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Health officials want Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to extend a state mask order that is set to expire Friday as limited national supply...

Frustration, confusion mark early vaccine rollout

By Kim Chandler Jan. 16, 2021 08:25 AM EST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Pam Stockley Causey of Duncanville has been scared to leave her house except for trips to the...

Nurse Jesse Phelps, left, works on a COVID-19 patient as a family member looks on at East Alabama Medical Center in the intensive care unit Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Opelika, Ala. The medical center faces a new influx of COVID-19 patients as the pandemic intensifies. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)
Alabama hits new high for virus hospitalizations

By Kim Chandler Jan. 04, 2021 05:08 PM EST

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks off of the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
VIRUS TODAY: California struggles to tame COVID-19

By The Associated Press Jan. 01, 2021 02:05 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, Gov. Kay Ivey speaks during a news conference update on COVID-19 restrictions at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. (Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)
Dark days of pandemic: Alabama has bulge of December cases

By Kim Chandler Jan. 01, 2021 08:11 AM EST

Nurses and medical staff make their way through the seventh floor COVID-19 unit at East Alabama Medical Center Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Opelika, Ala. COVID-19 patients occupy most of the beds in ICU in addition to the non-critical patients on the seventh floor. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)
'Like a bathtub filling up': Alabama is slammed by the virus

By Jay Reeves And Kim Chandler Dec. 29, 2020 12:30 PM EST

State virus deaths top 4,000 as state sets virus records

By Kim Chandler Dec. 10, 2020 06:33 PM EST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Thursday hit new records for COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations and a new low for the percentage of available intensive...

Alabama hits new record for virus hospitalizations

By Kim Chandler Dec. 07, 2020 05:34 PM EST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Monday set a record of more than 2,000 COVID-19 patients in state hospitals as some facilities began to postpone non...

A pharmacy technician from Croydon Health Services prepares to store the first delivery of COVID-19 vaccine at Croydon University Hospital in Croydon, England, Saturday Dec. 5, 2020. The first batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is delivered to the area in preparation for public dispersal. (Gareth Fuller/Pool via AP)
The Latest: UN makes Dec. 27 'Epidemic Preparedness' day

The Associated Press Dec. 07, 2020 02:52 AM EST

Alabama Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris speaks during a news conference update on COVID-19 restrictions at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. (Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
State health leaders urge extension of Alabama mask mandate

By Jay Reeves Dec. 04, 2020 04:34 PM EST

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, right, and State Health Officer Scott Harris announce the extension of a state order requiring face masks in public during a press conference, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Montgomery, Alabama. Ivey extended a state order requiring face coverings in public for another month and expanded it to include students in grade 2 and above in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19 as schools reopen. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)
Alabama sets daily case record; 1 of 3 in ICU have COVID-19

By Kim Chandler Dec. 02, 2020 06:48 PM EST

Gov. Kay Ivey and Alabama Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris answer questions during a news conference update on COVID-19 restrictions at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. (Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
'Out of control': Alabama hits record virus hospitalizations

By Kim Chandler Nov. 30, 2020 03:41 PM EST

Hospitals brace for post-Thanksgiving COVID surge

By Kim Chandler Nov. 26, 2020 08:58 AM EST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama hospitals are bracing for a post-holiday surge in COVID-19 cases since infections were already rising before Thanksgiving...