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UAB vaccine demographic numbers holding steady as Center Point vaccination site preps for Friday, March 19, opening.
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After a pause due to COVID-19, UAB has resumed enrollment for the All of Us Research Project.
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The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB joins with the GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer in the STRIDES study, to address the need for increased African American participation in lung cancer clinical trials.
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A UAB nurse was the only resource for sharing what life was like inside the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at UAB Hospital.
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Proton International at UAB reached significant milestones in its first year. More than 5,000 treatments have been performed, with most patients getting 30-35 treatments. Some 142 patients have completed therapy.
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Gift from the Altec / Styslinger Foundation acted as catalyst for the Altec / Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building, which is set to have worldwide impact.
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American Cancer Society Emergency Lodging grants focus on addressing unmet lodging needs of cancer patients, particularly vulnerable populations experiencing an unequal burden of cancer.
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The CDC has updated guidelines to support wearing two masks, as well as saying nitrile medical gloves should not be used unless medically necessary.
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UAB experts explain why women should not have concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine’s impacting their fertility goals.
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To date, 33 percent of vaccine doses administered by UAB have gone to underrepresented communities, with almost 21 percent to Black Alabamians.
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Children from 20 area schools are sending staff at UAB Hospital “Valentines for Health Care Heroes” with handmade cards, cookies and popcorn on Sunday, Feb. 14.
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UAB — Alabama’s largest public employer and home of the state’s flagship academic medical center — has been named America’s No. 1 Best Large Employer by Forbes.
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UAB will now operate three community vaccination sites — two downtown and one in Hoover — in an effort to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to more people.
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“These vaccines are our way out of the epidemic, and we want to do all we can to help get Alabama out of this as quickly as possible,” said Sarah Nafziger, M.D.
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Hoover Met joins UAB’s downtown Highlands Hospital as community vaccination locations, with Parker High School set to come online this month.
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Parker High School and the Hoover Met will join UAB’s downtown Highlands Hospital as vaccination locations.
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The starter online wellness program offers patients the opportunity to work with a health coach to assist them in improving and self-managing their health from home.
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The vaccine most likely does not prevent spread of the virus, but probably does reduce the length of time an infected person sheds virus.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted normal blood donation patterns, leaving the nation’s blood supply perilously low.
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Cannon has performed more robotic colorectal resections than any other female surgeon in the country, and the second most amongst all academic surgeons.
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