Homebound people are extremely vulnerable to COVID-19, and they are at risk of contracting the disease if a caregiver inadvertently brings it into their home.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been named America's No. 1 Best Large Employer by Forbes, topping the list of more than 500 public and private corporations, hospitals, universities, and Fortune 500 companies.

Last year, the Alabama Statewide Area Healthcare Education Centers (AHEC) formed a network to create a coalition of community partners from across the state by providing training to teams involved with COVID-19 testing in rural and underserved Alabama.

Cullman Regional Medical Center is offering a $2,000 sign-on bonus for paramedics for the Cullman EMS Ambulance Team.

The Mike Slive Foundation for Prostate Cancer Research, which was founded in Birmingham in 2017 by former SEC Commissioner Mike Slive and attorney Ed Meyerson, has awarded six new research grants to help eradicate prostate cancer.

Even after their bodies have cleared the virus that causes COVID-19, many patients experience long-term effects.

David Qi, MD has joined Urology Centers of Alabama, practicing in the Grandview and Homewood offices.

Two leading law firms have combined forces to provide increased legal services to their clients, as Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal has joined Phelps Dunbar, giving Phelps offices in 13 cities throughout the Gulf South and in London.

Natalie Ellison, family nurse practitioner, has joined Chilton Medical Associates in Clanton.

Cullman Regional welcomes board-certified Pulmonologist Darryle Bullard, MD, to the Cullman Regional Medical Group.

Kassouf & Co promoted 19 team members in January, including four employees who were named principals.

Brent Parnell, MD, credentialed urogynecologist with OB-GYN South, has been recognized by Axonics^® Modulation Technologies, Inc. as a Center of Excellence - one of only 13 honorees nationwide.

Some of the first results from the Alabama Genomic Health Initiative (AGHI)were recently published in Genetics in Medicine.

The new UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Clinic opened in Trussville on January 19.

After over 40 years in practice, Tom Vaughan, Jr., MD has retired from Children's of Alabama.

Bradford Health Services is expanding of its services in Alabama with the launch of the Bradford Clinic, a new program with outpatient centers that combine Bradford's counseling with Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT).

Jackson Thornton Technologies (JTT), a subsidiary of Jackson Thornton CPAs and Consultants have been named a Datto Blue Diamond Global Partner.

Marie-Carmelle Elie, MD has been named chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UAB School of Medicine

Forbes named Birmingham-based Kassouf & Co one of the top firms of 2021 in their annual America's Best Tax and Accounting firms list.

Heather Williams has the UCA Women's Center as a Board-Certified Adult-Gerontology and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner.

Recently, an international study by the MiBioGen consortium, an international collaboration involving more than 20 labs across the world, analyzed the common genetic factors that influence the composition of the human gut microbiome in more than 18,000 people.

Van McGrue, RN, MSN, PhD has been named chief nursing officer (CNO) at Princeton Baptist Medical Center. Most recently, McGrue served as CNO of Citizens Baptist Medical Center.

UAB has opened a new urgent care orthopaedic clinic, which is run by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and located at UAB Highlands Hospital.

Urology Centers of Alabama has named V. Michael Bivin, MD as the new president.

BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama's Blue Advantage Complete PPO Plan, a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plan, has received a four-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).