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Nigil Mack: From Homelessness to Hopefulness
By Irene Richardson bhamnow.com What does life look like with a chemistry degree, a closet full of clothes and no place to go? Nigil Mack, a client at Jimmie Hale Mission‘s homeless shelter for men, shared his experience with living on the streets. He shows that just because you have everything you
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Source: The Birmingham Times
All of Us Research Program Ramping up on In-Person Enrollment
Solomon Crenshaw Jr. The All of Us Research Program was off to a good start in its goal of recruiting one million persons to chart their health and health histories. “We were really rocking and rolling here in the Southern Network until, of course, March of last year,” said Dr. Cora
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Source: The Birmingham Times
UAB to shut down Hoover Met vaccination site during SEC Baseball Tournament - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
The COVID-19 vaccination clinic in the Hoover Met parking lot will be shut down May 19-June 1 for the SEC Baseball Tournament.
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‘Try not to forget why you fell in love . . . God will help you remember’
Sydney Melson Special to the Birmingham Times “You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If you would like to be considered for a future “Hello’’ column, or know someone, please send nominations to Erica Wright ewright@birminghamtimes.com. Include the
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Mayor Woodfin Announces Task Force to Review Police Dept.
By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Following up on his pledge to review safety standards of the Birmingham police department, Mayor Randall Woodfin on Tuesday announced the city’s new Public Safety Task Force during a virtual press conference from City Hall. The announcement comes two months
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Chadwick Boseman’s death ‘a wake-up call’, say UAB health providers
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times The recent death of 43-year-old actor Chadwick Boseman brought heightened attention to colorectal cancer and served as a wake-up call about the importance of preventative care, especially for African-Americans, said several area health
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Racial diversity and poverty may influence heart-failure morbidity and mortality
… levels of methylation, in African American hearts disproportionately represented inflammatory … after heart pump implantation. African Americans had a significantly higher … to medical management, and African Americans experience worse clinical outcomes …
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Tim Turner, principal investigator and chair of the Department of Biology at Jackson State University, is currently managing a new program called the JSU Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience, which aims to help underrepresented students enter graduate schools and STEM careers.
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Torin Brazzle: Birmingham’s Small Business Champion
By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Torin Brazzle felt a spark. And that glimmer ignited an entire organization designed to serve minority- and women-owned businesses in the state of Alabama. “As a Black woman, as a mother of inner-city schoolchildren, and as a nonprofit leader, over the
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Cooper Green providing COVID-19 vaccinations for their patients
UAB News Patients of Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority can now get COVID-19 vaccinations on-site at Cooper Green, an affiliate of the UAB Health System. The health care facility is offering vaccinations to enrolled patients by appointment only two days a week with the assistance of the
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Source: The Birmingham Times
Planting Trees and Hope in Birmingham’s Titusville Community
By Tehreem Khan UAB News The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center (MHRC)  hosted a tree-planting event for its neighbor community of Titusville earlier this month, as part of the larger initiative Live HealthSmart Alabama. Titusville is one of
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Jefferson County (AL) Creates Call Center for COVID-19 Vaccine Info  
By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times  A new call center in Jefferson County has been established to provide information about COVID-19 vaccines. The Jefferson County Department of Health (JCDH) and the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency (JCEMA) will provide information through the call
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COVID-19 Vaccines: What about Birmingham’s Homeless Population?
By Sydney Melson and Erica Wright The Birmingham Times COVID-19 vaccination sites are opening around Jefferson County, and growing numbers of citizens are receiving shots—but some wonder whether the homeless population is being overlooked. “It is incredibly important that the homeless population is
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‘He kissed me . . . I didn’t know how strong his feelings were for me’
BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY Special to the Birmingham Times “You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If you would like to be considered for a future “Hello’’ column, or know someone, please send nominations to Erica Wright ewright@birminghamtimes.com. Include
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University of Alabama at Birmingham Professor, Recruiter Dr. Raegan Durant talks importance of diversity in medical school
… WHEN AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN PATIENT SEES AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN PHYSICIAN. GUY … ARE TO FEW AFRICAN-AMERICAN PHYSICIANS CURRENTLY AND … STATISTICS HAVE SHOWN AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE MORE LIKELY TO … TO CHALLENGES TO RECRUITING
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BJCC Marks Topping Out of $174M Protective Stadium in Birmingham
By Alabama Newscenter Staff Construction of the $174 million Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex’s Protective Stadium marked a key milestone last week with a “topping out” celebration. A topping out marks the ceremonial placement of the last steel beam in a construction project. Due to
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Stroke patients with COVID-19 have increased systemic inflammation, higher mortality risk - African American News Today - EIN News
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Speaking directly to guys, ‘marriage counseling ain’t that bad’
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Jackie Anderson-Smith: Jeffco Official in Center of Absentee Voting Storm
By Ameera Steward For the Birmingham Times What’s it like to be at the center of an unprecedented surge of in-person absentee voting in Alabama’s most populous county during a pandemic in a presidential election year? “I’m flying an airplane, and I’m building it while I’m flying it, and I’ve got
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How Black Residents in Birmingham Overcame Fear to Take COVID-19 vaccines  | BlackPressUSA
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — “Usually, the vaccines we take, like the flu vaccine, are only about 60 to 70 percent effective. But the [COVID-19] vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, both of those are 93 percent effective or more, which is really good for combatting the virus,” said Mona
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Biden’s American Rescue Plan a Big Win, But Can Dems Capitalize?
By Carter Dewees For The Birmingham Times President Joe Biden delivered on a huge campaign promise when he signed his American Rescue Plan Act into law bringing economic relief from COVID-19 to millions across the U.S., but political science professors at Alabama universities had varying opinions
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Ways for summer learning at home during COVID-19
UAB News Studies have shown that summer learning loss is real and evident in our children. University of Alabama at Birmingham experts have suggestions for resources and activities to engage summer learning from home during the pandemic. Using household items Carla Marchant, visiting instructor in
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Josh Evans, Titans defensive tackle in Super Bowl XXXIV, dies at 48 | The Atlanta Voice
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All of Us Research: Why Some Get sick, and Others Are in Great Health
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UAB to train more physicians for rural and urban underserved areas of Alabama
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