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UAB Infection Experts Respond to COVID-19

On Wednesday, an expert panel from UAB Medicine shared updates on clinical protocols designed to address the recent outbreak of COVID-19. Drs. Steve Stigler, Rachael Lee, Sarah Nafziger, and Jeanne ...
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Nursing Partnership publishes COVID innovations

Several leaders from the UABSON and UAB Medicine co-authored an article highlighting the UAB Nursing Partnership's approach to staffing and support during the COVID pandemic. Pictured: UABSON faculty ...
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COVID strengthens community partnerships

The COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges from 2020 are shining a light on hardships, gaps in care and the need to come together. For the UAB School of Nursing and its partners across the community ...
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UAB's Longest Hospitalized COVID Patient Goes Home

On January 10, medevac helicopter pilot Ricky Hamm was admitted to the hospital for severe breathing issues caused by COVID-19. His condition was severe, and physicians had to treat Hamm with ...
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COVID-19 bacteremic co-infection is a major risk factor for mortality, ICU admission, and mechanical ventilation

The team’s study, “COVID-19 bacteremic co-infection is a major risk factor for mortality, ICU admission, and mechanical ventilation," was recently published in Critical Care. A collaborative study ...
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UAB Hospital to Open Appointment Only Test Site for COVID-19 (via WBHM)

Starting Monday, UAB hospital, in partnership with the Jefferson County Department of Health, will offer testing for COVID-19. Officials say the drive-thru testing center will be located at University ...
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Seven DOM Investigators Earn Grants for COVID-19 Research

Yulia Khodneva, MD, PhD (ABIM Research Fellow, General Internal Medicine) Baseline Use of Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) Inhibitors and the Risk of Severe Novel Coronavirus Infection ...
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Metformin use reduces risk of death for patients with COVID-19 and diabetes

Editor's Note: The information published in this story is accurate at the time of publication. Always refer to uab.edu/uabunited for UAB's current guidelines and recommendations relating to COVID-19. ...
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Mapping and Tracking a Viral Threat: UAB-developed tools are helping advance understanding of COVID-19 and track immunity against it

It is called PAGER-CoV, and it promises to be an important tool in finding therapies for COVID-19. Simply put, PAGER-CoV isa database packed with nearly 12,000 (so far) pieces of genetic information ...
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COVID 19 Temporary Adjustment Request Form Fall 2020

Please select the reason for your request that applies to you or your situation. (*) Please select the reason for your request that applies to you or your situation. I am 65 or older My medical ...
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Too Early to Know Whether Alabama COVID-19 Deaths Are Underreported

Six patients had tested positive for COVID-19 in Dr. Monica Williams's Huntsville ER room as of Monday, though she said that number may have been low. "I'm aware of at least two people who were ...