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    According to a report from Reuters, there’s been a spike in interest in telehealth services providing abortion pills after Supreme Court documents were leaked Monday night. Those documents indicate there’s a possibility the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade could be overturned. A telehealth company, Aid Access, experienced a nearly 3,000 % increase in site visits the day following the…

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    OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — At least five people in Northern California have contracted the omicron variant of the coronavirus, and the outbreak is linked to a wedding in Wisconsin last month, public health officials said Friday. The outbreak was announced just two days after the first U. S. case of the omicron variant was identified in California.

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    New research from France adds to evidence that widely used COVID-19 vaccines still offer strong protection against a coronavirus mutant that is spreading rapidly around the world and now is the most prevalent variant in the U. S. The delta variant is surging through populations with low vaccination rates. On Thursday, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the U. S.

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    Alabama hospitals have been caring for more than 1,500 COVID-19 inpatients over the last two days, according to Alabama Hospital Association. UAB’s surge plan is activated, as doctors worked to treat 105 covid-19 inpatients Wednesday. The hospital converted its emergency department waiting room into a COVID-19 patient space. The change added ten new acute care beds.

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    A nursing home patient died while waiting in line for a coronavirus test in North Ogden on Sunday. According to a statement from Intermountain Healthcare, a caretaker and driver from Mountain View Health Services, an independent nursing facility in Ogden, brought the patient to a coronavirus testing site at the North Ogden Clinic. When the nursing facility’s van reached the testing tent, the…

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    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBMA) — A Tuscaloosa family is encouraging people to wear masks after their father died of COVID-19. Amy and Tyler Hinton say their father, Joe Hinton, thought COVID-19 was a hoax and didn’t believe in wearing masks. “He did not want to wear a mask, he did not think that it was a very big deal. He thought, like a lot of people, that it was being blown out of proportion,” Amy…

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    • “I think that his death should mean something, & it shouldn't be just a senseless tragedy that my family has to go through...he's up there saying 'I guess I was wrong (about refusing to #MaskUp & #PhysicalDistancing),’” re her late father. #COVID19 💔 https://t.co/EiPxbp7XWv

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    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WBMA) – A statue of former KKK leader and Confederate soldier Nathan Bedford Forrest that has been in the Tennessee capitol for over 40 years could be replaced by another famous Tennessean. Local lawmakers are considering options to replace Forrest and according to reports, Dolly Parton is one candidate. The Tennessean reported in December last year that Republican state Rep.

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    Critical care patients in Montgomery are being diverted to Birmingham because their ICU beds are full. At a news conference Wednesday morning Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed said the city has seen their positive number of COVID-19 patients continue to rise and their hospitals are in danger of being overwhelmed. “Our healthcare system is at a critical point right now. We are at a point that we are…

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    RIO RANCHO, N. M. (AP) — The first attempt of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965, led to police violence against peaceful African American demonstrators. The beatings, known as “Bloody Sunday,” generated anger across the nation 55 years ago this month and prompted President Lyndon Johnson to push the Voting Rights Act through Congress. It was one of the most significant…

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