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The Butler County Health Department is now providing most services in a modular facility at 350 Airport Road in Greenville. In addition, a second location at 300 North College St., Greenville, will continue to provide Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and Environmental Services. Following a June 30 fire which destroyed the long-standing Health Department building, the county and district staff have worked tirelessly to provide full services to clients. Since the fire, the Jefferson County...
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) announces that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will distribute oral rabies vaccine (ORV) in parts of Alabama October 1-20. The current action is a continuation of a decades-long program to reduce raccoon rabies and the associated public health risks from rabies exposures. In urban areas, such as the Birmingham metropolitan area, vaccine packets are distributed by hand from trucks alongside the tree lines. Low-flying airplanes and...
Over the past few weeks, cases of rabies in wildlife have exposed several pets. In the city limits of Hokes Bluff in Etowah County, a raccoon positive for rabies was found inside a fenced yard. Three dogs in the yard were exposed to rabies. In early August in Sylacauga, Talladega County, a bat positive for rabies was found on a front porch and a cat was likely exposed. The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) reminds the public that rabies is a viral disease that can be fatal if...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $2.975 million to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) Maternal Mortality Review Program (MMRP) over five years through the ERASE MM Grant to expand support to Alabama's Maternal Mortality Review Committee (AL-MMRC).). The AL-MMRC was established in 2018 under the leadership of the ADPH Bureau of Family Health Services. The committee is composed of experts and stakeholders who are familiar with the unique aspects of...
The Alabama Department of Public Healt currently accepting proposals to collaborate with qualified organizations in Alabama to affect social norm changes around tobacco use and protect youth from nicotine initiation and exposure to secondhand smoke. The program anticipates awarding up to nine grants ranging from $50,000 to $75,000. The required scope of work will include promoting community environments that protect elementary, middle, and high school-aged children from exposure to secondhand...
Alabama begins screening newborns for two additional genetic disorders The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is excited to announce that on July 29, 2024, the Bureau of Clinical Laboratories began testing for two treatable genetic disorders. Newborn screening can alert healthcare providers to the potential for a condition that is typically not apparent at birth. With a simple blood screen and treatment, most affected babies have the opportunity to avoid death and disability and grow up...
Representatives of the Alabama Department of Public Health and the USA Mitchell Cancer Institute joined Gov. Kay Ivey who proclaimed the month of April 2024 as Oral Cancer Awareness Month in Alabama. This annual observance promotes regular oral cancer examinations, avoidance of tobacco in any form, and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to prevent oral cancer. Oral cancer begins in the mouth and oropharyngeal cancer is confined to the base of tongue, soft palate, tonsils and back of throat. The...
