This flu season, health experts worry about an overlap of flu and COVID-19 and the potential double burden to patients and the healthcare system. Will doctors’ offices and hospitals be strained by flu patients as they are still dealing with COVID-19? Or, will the new habits we’ve acquired because of COVID-19 – wearing masks, social…
In partnership with Reach Out and Read Alabama, University Medical Center is seeking to increase the availability of new books to children and their families who are cared for by UMC health-care providers. Our goal is to raise $5,000 to provide new books to every child between the ages of 6 months to 5 years…
As the fall semester continues at The University of Alabama, University Medical Center is leading UA’s COVID-19 testing program and helping the University keep campus open and faculty, staff and students safe. “We have accessible, convenient testing that is available every day,” said Dr. Richard Friend, dean of UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, which…
University Medical Center has been a leader in preparing The University of Alabama campus community for the arrival of students for the fall 2020 semester. We have spent countless hours and used all resources at our disposal to help make campus as safe as possible for the start of classes. Among our major undertakings was…
On this episode of Health Matters, Suzanne Henson, a registered dietitian at University Medical Center, talks about ways to keep food safe from warm temperatures at summer picnics and barbecues as more people head outdoors for safe ways to gather during COVID-19. Your browser does not support the audio element. Download
Dr. James Dalton recently joined The University of Alabama as executive vice president and provost, and he did so during an unprecedented time – the COVID-19 pandemic. His first assignment was, and continues to be, helping UA navigate the start of the fall semester during COVID-19. Key to these efforts are to create what he…
Dr. Jimmy Robinson is Endowed Chair of Sports Medicine and professor of family medicine for The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. He also serves as the head team physician for The University of Alabama. In addition, Robinson directs the College’s Sports Medicine Fellowship, and is a practicing sports medicine and family medicine…
July is National Minority Health Awareness Month. It was designated as such by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008 to raise awareness of mental illness and to improve access to mental health services and treatments for racial and ethnic minority populations. Dr. Martha Crowther is a practicing psychologist at University Medical Center, which is…
Hospitals, including DCH Health System locally, have worked since spring to meet the continuous challenges of caring for patients infected with Covid-19 and respond to a tremendous public health crisis. Hospitals have established testing sites and are treating countless patients. They have purchased additional personal protective equipment, ventilators and therapeutic medications. They have added intensive…
University of Alabama students are beginning to arrive in Tuscaloosa and on campus for the August 19 start of fall semester classes. Preparation for their return, however, and that of UA faculty and staff, have been ongoing for months, since last spring when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. As a member of the advisory committee created…
