U.S. Senator Katie Britt is pushing bipartisan legislation aimed at improving maternal health care, saying Alabama and the nation should not accept preventable pregnancy-related deaths as a reality in 2025. Britt recently reintroduced the NIH IMPROVE Act, which would secure consistent federal funding for research on maternal care and mortality. The measure would authorize more […]

The Alabama Coalition for Healthy Mothers and Children is expanding its work to combat child hunger and support vulnerable families in Alabama’s Black Belt, strengthened this month by a new donation from Mark Cuban, that will be doubled through a generous matching pledge. For seven years, ACHMC has worked in all 67 counties to connect […]

Alabamians know how to stretch a dollar. We balance our checkbooks, pay our taxes, and work hard to take care of our families. But when it comes to the cost of prescription drugs, Big Pharma keeps moving the goalposts and Alabamians keep paying the price. Over the past decade, the cost of essential medications has […]

Mary’s hospital might close. Mary is a mother in rural Alabama who faced a difficult pregnancy and gave birth prematurely to a fragile baby. Her local hospital, the only one with an obstetrics ward in her county, was where her child received lifesaving care. For Mary, that hospital isn’t just a building; it’s the reason […]

Alabama has long been home to groundbreaking medical research, and at the forefront of these efforts is the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). From life-saving cancer treatments to advances in cardiovascular care, UAB’s work touches thousands of lives every day. Yet one area that deserves even more attention is Parkinson’s disease-a neurological condition that […]

Alabama lawmakers will enter the 2026 legislative session facing a major financial decision over public educators’ health insurance. Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) warns the rising cost of the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan (PEEHIP) is squeezing out resources meant for classrooms. Ledbetter told Yellowhammer News that PEEHIP is “looking at $380 million” […]

Recent studies report that 1 in every 35 children in this country have been diagnosed with autism, yet so much about Autism Spectrum Disorder remains a mystery. In a state with some of the country’s most prestigious medical research institutions, tens of thousands of Alabamians are impacted by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and long for […]

Regional Medical Center of Central Alabama (RMCCA) has announced plans to convert its Greenville facility into a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH), a major restructuring that will end inpatient services and eliminate roughly 90 jobs across multiple departments. The hospital shared the news in a press release on its Facebook page. Hospital leaders say the change, […]

It’s a shame Veterans Day isn’t every day. It’s nice to remind our veterans how much they matter, but, unfortunately, sometimes other interests matter more on the other 364 days of the year. Since the Civil War, Alabama has built a rich military history and a reputation for producing millions of America’s finest warfighters – […]

As Alabama continues to face one of the lowest cardiac arrest survival rates in the country, community leaders in Birmingham and Huntsville are stepping up efforts to train more residents in lifesaving CPR techniques. According to the American Heart Association, only three percent of people who suffer cardiac arrest outside of a hospital survive in […]

On Thursday, Governor Kay Ivey announced Alabama has officially submitted its plan for the federal Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Today’s handoff follows Congress’s July passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill which included a provision standing up a new $50 billion program to help states strengthen […]

On Tuesday, the Medical Association of the State of Alabama and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama (BCBSAL) announced progress in improving the “prior authorization” process, they jointly reported.  Prior authorization is a tool insurance companies use to confirm that certain treatments, medications, or tests are clinically appropriate and covered under a patient’s health […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has awarded HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology over $2 million through the Alabama Research and Development Advancement Fund to support three initiatives using biotechnology to strengthen Alabama’s agriculture and forestry sectors. Auburn University and the University of Alabama also received funding in this round. ADECA made the full list of awards available on Monday. “Researchers […]

University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System has named experienced health care executive Janet Hadar as its next chief operating officer, effective Jan. 12, 2026. Hadar joins UAB Health System with more than 20 years of health care experience leading clinical operations, ambulatory campuses, service lines, system integration and community engagement projects. Most recently, Hadar served […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) questioned entrepreneur and television star Mark Cuban on the cost of prescription drugs in a Special Committee on Aging hearing on Wednesday. In 2022, Cuban, who previously starred in 15 seasons of ABC’s Shark Tank, co-founded Cost Plus Drugs, a public benefit corporation focused on selling prescription drugs at dramatically […]

Mayors representing Alabama’s ten largest cities are calling for urgent statewide action to address what they describe as a growing mental health crisis that is straining law enforcement, hospitals, schools, and public safety across the state. “Every city in Alabama is feeling the effects of this crisis,” the mayors said in a joint statement. “From […]

A new private nonprofit, the Alabama Rural Hospital Foundation, was unveiled Wednesday with a mission to provide direct funding to rural hospitals across the state and strengthen the communities that rely on them. Jamie Troutman, a Cullman economic developer and former member of the State Health Coordinating Council, serves as president of the foundation’s board […]

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have announced a breakthrough treatment that slows the progression of Huntington’s disease by 75%, a first in the fight against this devastating disorder. The new gene therapy, known as AMT-130, is part of a small clinical trial led in collaboration with uniQure. Seven of the 17 […]

Just eight months after being rescued from bankruptcy, Jackson Hospital & Clinic once again faces a financial crossroads — this time with only weeks to secure a plan that could keep its doors open. Hospital administrators told the Montgomery City Council this week that without new funding, operations could cease by the end of October. […]

U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) welcomed U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) to the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center in Birmingham. Both senators serve on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, which Capito chairs. The Senators’ successful efforts have resulted in UAB receiving over $100 million in […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville voiced support for President Trump’s U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and slammed skeptical colleagues in a Tuesday afternoon speech on the Senate floor. Following a heated Senate Finance Committee hearing last week, in which both Republican and Democratic senators criticized Kennedy’s management of HHS, […]

Bradford Health Services has filed a formal challenge to Longleaf Recovery & Wellness’s Certificate of Need application for Longleaf Lodge, a 60-bed residential addiction treatment campus proposed for the Sunshine Farms site in Sterrett, located in Shelby County. The CON Review Board is set to hear the case October 15.  The filing marks Bradford’s second […]

The TumTum Tree Foundation has announced Nov. 6-8 as the dates for its annual wine auction weekend, one of the nation’s leading charity wine events. For more than three decades, the Birmingham-based nonprofit has brought together top chefs, world-class winemakers, and generous supporters to raise millions for Alabama children facing life-altering and life-threatening illnesses. That […]

State Sen. April Weaver, (R-Brierfield), has been chosen to help steer a statewide effort aimed at strengthening healthcare access in Alabama’s rural communities. She will serve as co-chair of the Rural Roadmap Initiative’s healthcare committee, a panel tasked with drafting policies and legislation to address longstanding gaps in rural medical care. Weaver will serve as […]