COVID-19 Archives

7 Things: Alabama vaccine numbers increasing, State Rep. Sorrell wants a special session to ban mask mandates, drama in sheriff's trial after conviction and more …

Dale Jackson — August 06, 2021

7 Things: Hospitalizations continue to rise, more vaccine mandates, Biden laying out the welcome mat for illegal immigrants and more …

Dale Jackson — August 05, 2021

7 Things: AG Steve Marshall believes some COVID-19 restrictions go too far, kids return to school with all sorts of masking rules, additional mandates and more …

Dale Jackson — August 04, 2021

Masks for schools are about covering butts -- not faces

Dale Jackson — August 03, 2021

7 Things: Trump headed back to Alabama, schools start to put the masks back on, $1 trillion infrastructure deal seems good to go and more …

Dale Jackson — August 03, 2021

7 Things: Mixed messaging from health officials regarding coronavirus, Scott Harris wants masks in school but no mandate coming, vaccination rates are up and more …

Dale Jackson — August 02, 2021

ADPH's Harris: No mandate but masking regardless of vaccination recommended in K-12 schools

Jeff Poor — August 01, 2021

VIDEO: Mandates return, Ivey's frustration with the unvaccinated is shared across the nation, U.S. Capitol riot hearing begins and more on Alabama Politics This Week …

Dale Jackson — August 01, 2021

State Sen. Elliott: COVID protocol, vaccines raise questions about sacrificing personal liberty to feel safer

Jeff Poor — July 31, 2021

7 Things: Mandates galore, doctors warn that hospitalizations could top the previous peak, Birmingham-Southern becomes the first school to test Alabama law and more …

Dale Jackson — July 30, 2021

7 Things: Federal workers will need to be vaccinated or tested, DOJ seeks to make temporary pandemic voting rules permanent, $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill seems doomed and more …

Dale Jackson — July 29, 2021

Dauphin Island Mayor Jeff Collier shuts down municipal buildings in wake of COVID-19 spikes

Jeff Poor — July 29, 2021

Mask mandates in Huntsville and elsewhere seem to be rather open-ended

Dale Jackson — July 28, 2021

Fmr Gov. Bentley: 'I wouldn't blame the unvaccinated' for COVID spike -- 'Please get vaccinated,' 'Don't listen to Dr. Fauci'

Jeff Poor — July 28, 2021

7 Things: Biden will force federal employees to get vaccinated, Ivey continues to say there will be no mask mandate, over 1,000 in Alabama hospitals with coronavirus and more …

Dale Jackson — July 28, 2021

7 Things: Federal vaccine mandates becoming more likely, Alabama school systems requiring masks, Marshall issues guidance on mandates and more …

Dale Jackson — July 27, 2021

If you want to get people vaccinated, focus on the data and stop the vitriol

Dale Jackson — July 26, 2021

7 Things: Frustration over Alabama's vaccination rate, schools begin adding restrictions to classrooms, homeschooling growing in Alabama and more …

Dale Jackson — July 26, 2021

VIDEO: COVID-19 restrictions poised to return, Shelby squares off with Brooks again, Birmingham doctor's vaccination claim goes viral and more on Alabama Politics This Week …

Dale Jackson — July 25, 2021

UAB Hospital’s longest-tenured COVID-19 patient goes home

Bob Shepard — July 24, 2021

7 Things: Masks could come back in Jefferson County, AEA demanding education employees stop criticizing them or be punished at work, Biden wants your kids under 12 vaccinated and more …

Dale Jackson — July 23, 2021

7 Things: Gadsden offering an incentive to get vaccinated, teachers won't be allowed to break the law in Alabama, Fauci clashes with Rand Paul in pandemic hearing and more …

Dale Jackson — July 21, 2021

Tuberville warns against calls to vaccinate younger children but he knows they are coming

Dale Jackson — July 20, 2021

7 Things: Breakthrough cases might tip off another surge, Ivey says no mask mandate for schools, Brooks calls for Biden to overturn Fort Rucker mask mandate and more …