Health

By Amy Yurkanin A bill introduced in the Alabama legislature will send most of this year’s $10 million opioid settlement payment to the Alabama Department of Mental Health for programs to prevent and treat addiction. It’s […]

By Leada Gore After more than a year of record-high inflation, we’re starting to see grocery prices start falling even though progress is slow. The overall cost of groceries fell over the course of March and […]

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek A one-year education initiative to prevent cervical cancer in six rural Alabama counties in the Black Belt wraps up this summer. “We’re already seeing it’s paying off,” said Annerieke Smaak Daniel, a Researcher at Human […]

by Elissa Mirsky Is a $300 bottle of facial serum ever justified? What if I told you, you can improve your skin for $10, naturally? Let me introduce you to Irish Sea Moss, also known as […]

By David Matthews New York Daily News (TNS) and Tribune Media Services A Florida jury returned a split verdict in a lawsuit over hot chicken nuggets from McDonald’s that burned a child. Philana Holmes and Humberto […]

By Lee Roop North Alabama strawberries are back and people are berry happy. Multiple exclamation points follow Facebook posts with pictures of buckets of berries brought home and one of the area’s biggest strawberry farmers is […]

by Tarshua Carter Williamson It seems like there is some good news regarding singer and actor Jamie Foxx who has been hospitalized for over a month. He has reportedly been discharged from the hospital and now […]

by Dr. Kevin Kinney Every day millions of people start their mornings off with a cup of coffee, in fact, companies like Starbucks gross over $60 million dollars daily in sales. While caffeine is a great […]

By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes A Hoover mom filed a police report after finding out that a staff member at Sugar N Spice Daycare and Kindergarten had apparently given her 4-year-old daughter melatonin, a sleep aid, without her […]

Karen Heslop While you might not think about your liver often, it plays an essential role in keeping your body healthy. A few of the liver’s functions include removing waste, producing important proteins for blood […]