Education Federal reversal reopens access to COVID relief funds for Selma schools, others Alabama Daily News Jun 30, 2025 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Selma City Schools may still receive the full $4 million in federal pandemic relief funding it lost access to earlier this …
News Britt, Tuberville push to expand telehealth access By Alex Angle | Alabama Daily News Apr 8, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., reintroduced bipartisan legislation to expand telehealth coverage through Medicare.
News Federal education department change puts $4M in Selma COVID relief at risk By Tricia Powell Crain | Alabama Daily News Apr 2, 2025 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Selma City Schools could lose nearly $4 million in pandemic relief funding after U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon …
News Man from Phenix City sentenced to 92 months in COVID loan scheme case Nathan Prewett Jan 7, 2025 A man from Phenix City has been sentenced to 92 months in prison following his conviction for wire fraud and money laundering in a case involv…
News PREP Center graduation on July 3 canceled due to COVID cases Nathan Prewett Jul 1, 2024 The PREP Center graduation ceremony originally set for Wednesday, July 3 has been canceled due to a small number of COVID cases among the graduates.
News Medicaid continues to shrink rolls in post-COVID status checks Alabama Daily News Jun 24, 2024 MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Medicaid Agency continues its post-COVID “unwinding” of its rolls and more than 34,000 Alabamians were removed …
News Medicaid unwinding in Alabama slows down as total removed from program surpasses 195K Alabama Daily News Jun 3, 2024 MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Medicaid enrollment in Alabama dropped by nearly 10,000 between February and March of this year according to the latest mon…
News Public Health Dept. proposes rule change for emergencies Jan 8, 2024 MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Through Feb. 2, the Alabama Department of Public Health is accepting public comment on a proposed rule change that would re…
News Flu and COVID infections are rising and could get worse over the holidays, CDC says Alabama Daily News | Associated Press Dec 26, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — Look for flu and COVID-19 infections to ramp up in the coming weeks, U.S. health officials say, with increases fueled by holid…
News Vaccines offer protection from severe illness from major respiratory viruses Special to the BBNN Updated Mar 31, 2025 Along with the seasonal influenza virus (flu) and the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), COVID-19 has become a part of the respiratory virus s…
