Black people in the United States have the highest rates of colorectal cancer of any racial or ethnic group, according to the American Cancer Society.
A drug that inhibits the protease plasmin is hypothesized to reduce the infectivity and virulence of the virus, as measured by reduced need for hospitalization within a week.
“A la carte” features more than 30 renowned contemporary artists whose works utilize food to explore relevant contemporary social and cultural issues. Tour the exhibition virtually.
UAB and Children’s of Alabama welcome a new director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
A UAB sports medicine physician says the NBA bubble shows that masking and social distancing strategies are working to control coronavirus.
The UAB Health System/Ascension St. Vincent’s Alliance has seen both organizations named to the third-annual NRC Health Top 100 Consumer Loyalty list, the first and only loyalty-based hospital rankings that recognize the top U.S. health care organizations for earning exceptional loyalty ratings from their patient populations.
The Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, ArtPlay and the Institute for Arts in Medicine are offering fresh performances, new arts classes, gallery talks with artists and more.
Matt Alexander, who studies muscular dystrophy, is this year’s recipient of the Chesapeake Civitan McNulty Award.
The flu vaccine can prevent the flu entirely, or limit the severity and duration of a bout with the disease.
A video display on hospital wall says thank you to health care workers at UAB.
Drs. Vickers and Pisu will use a $3 million, five-year National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities grant to study barriers that may exist for GI cancer patients to access quality cancer surgery in Alabama and Mississippi.
UAB will conduct a national search to replace retiring Allen Bolton as senior vice president for Finance and Administration.
UAB has been recognized as a leading employer in the United States.
A new process for sanitizing buses — which exceeds CDC guidance for sanitization — will be used on UAB’s Blazer Express, making it Groome Transportation’s first fleet to receive the advanced technology.
Low or limited health literacy is common among adults in the United States and may affect health outcomes in many ways, according to the government’s Healthy People 2020.
UAB’s same-day joint replacement surgery program is helping patients get back to doing what they love.
New York Times reports misleading data of COVID-19 cases at UAB in story about colleges/universities
In our university/non-clinical enterprise, UAB is aware of 148 students (0.67% of our student body) and 91 faculty and staff (1.5% of that total population) who tested positive in 2020. For the non-clinical enterprise, this is a total of 239 total positive cases this year.
These potent CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses were stimulated in the lungs following a single intranasal administration.
UAB is partnering with local businesses to promote safety measures in fighting COVID-19 to keep Birmingham businesses and the university open.
Soft drink consumption is a likely predictor of aggressive behavior, according to a new study from UAB.