An overall improvement in infant mortality rates in Alabama may appear as welcome news, but there are troubling findings within recent state health reports. The […]
Category: Health
Facing lack of birth choices, an Alabama nurse heads for the border
Jessica Thompson didn’t take her eyes off the glowing dashboard clock as her husband sped their minivan through the night, heading north on a deserted […]
86 kids hospitalized for food poisoning at day care, Alabama could change church loophole
When Angela Foster arrived at the Sunnyside Child Care Center to pick up her kids on June 23, 2015, she found the front door locked […]
‘Wrap those boobs up’: Breastfeeding cop sued and won
She pumped her breastmilk in the locker room at the police station. Shirt askew, horn-shaped pump parts – technically called breastshields – held up to […]
Autism therapy costs are steeper on Alabama families
It was a bad morning. After months of work, Ashley Sparks had finally gotten her 5-year-old daughter Brinley to a point where she could put […]
Alabama women drive 50+ miles to deliver their babies
The day before Sommer Curry was scheduled to deliver her baby in early September last year, she got in her car and drove to the […]