Tag: ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

The Alabama Department of Mental Health has decertified and shut down seven group homes in the northern portion of the state.

The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) was alerted to a five-year-old child who contracted the measles while traveling out of the United States.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cancelled $239,797,598 in federal grants to the Alabama Departments of Mental Health and Public Health this week.

For what seems like years now, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has waged its "Don't Wait, Vaccinate" campaign, spending millions of tax dollars to promote a vaccine regimen.

Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris was named president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). The non-profit represents public health agencies and public health professionals nationwide and has ties to George Soros.

The Alabama Department of Public Health sent a warning to the public after a woman was bitten by a fox with rabies.

The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is offering a new program to help find out why so many pregnant women and new mothers are dying in the state.

On Wednesday, the State of Alabama’s Personnel Board reversed the firings of two employees terminated by the Alabama Department of Public Health in August after video and social media posts revealed their presence at the viral Montgomery Riverfront brawl.

State Sen. Sam Givhan (R-Huntsville) says he still plans to file a bill changing the appointment method of the State Health Officer despite a recent administrative rule passed by the Alabama Department of Public Health limiting the emergency powers of the State Health Officer.

On Friday's broadcast of Huntsville radio WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) reacted to the Alabama Department of Public Health's (ADPH) self-imposed "accountability measures," and if those would be sufficient for the power-wielding agency to avoid action from the Alabama Legislature.

A circuit judge recently filed an injunction, blocking new Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) ruled governing birth centers from taking effect.   

The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) on Thursday passed regulations for privately owned and operated birth centers, despite an ongoing lawsuit challenging the rules.

Despite making controversial statements earlier this year and being under the scrutiny of some Republican lawmakers, State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris is getting a raise. 

The American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama filed a lawsuit on behalf of several doctors and midwives against the Alabama Department of Public Health to combat proposed rules by ADPH to regulate birth centers in Alabama.

Women, doulas, doctors, midwives and other sundry birthing advocates from all over the country, many with children in tow, showed up in Montgomery on Thursday to protest proposed regulatory rules from the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) on birthing centers.

Last week, off-the-cuff remarks given by State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris at a University of Alabama at Birmingham event breathed new life into legislation offered by State Sen. Sam Givhan (R-Huntsville) to reform the Alabama Department of Public Health.

State Health Officer Scott Harris does not want lawmakers to make is office accountable to an elected official like all other state agency heads.

State Health Officer Scott Harris rejects efforts by lawmakers to make his office accountable to an elected official like other state agency heads.

House Bill 134 (HB134) by State Rep. Ed Oliver (R-Dadeville) would create a new board designed to help resolve disputes between assisted living facilities and the Alabama Department of Public Health.

The Alabama Department of Public Health is advertising the WIC program “no matter your family structure.”

Advertising expenses at the Alabama Department of Public Health increased by over 500% from fiscal years 2018 to 2022.

"Stop Judging; Start Healing," a summit seeking to reduce the stigma surrounding substance use disorder, will make eight stops in 2023.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Alabama might be experiencing one of the worst flu outbreaks in the country this season.

Opioid overdoses topped the list of leading causes of death in the U.S., surpassing vehicular-related death, in 2019 ... But where does Alabama stand in the opioid epidemic?

"Getting children all recommended vaccines is one of the most important things parents can do to help protect their kids’ health, the health of their classmates, and their community," ADPH wrote in a statement.

If you have been exposed to monkeypox you may be eligible to receive the monkeypox vaccine, which is now available from the Alabama Department of Public Health.

" Avoid close, skin-to-skin contact with a person who has monkeypox," the Alabama Department of Public Health warned after a Mobile person has been diagnosed with the monkeypox virus - the first case in Alabama