Around 3:20 this morning, Jefferson County Deputies were requested at the 400 block of Weaver Drive by Bessemer Fire Department. According to firefighters, while extinguishing a fire at this location, a body was found inside the home
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, City of Leeds, and National Fitness Campaign (NFC) today announced a partnership to bring an outdoor Fitness Court® to the City of Leeds.
Unhappiness over some episcopal leaders’ posture toward disaffiliation and a new, traditional denomination boiled over Nov. 3 at The United Methodist Church’s South Central Jurisdictional Conference.
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine published a study in Circulation showing that, among ventricular assist device recipients, patients with a particular form of dilated cardiomyopathy known as familial dilated cardiomyopathy have better clinical outcomes compared with other forms of the disease.
A fecal microbial transplant — giving a recipient fecal matter from a donor to change the recipient’s gut microbial community in the colon — has been a successful last resort therapy for people with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection after multiple rounds of suppressive antibiotics have eliminated the recipient microbial community.
The UAB Volleyball team (11-12, 6-5 C-USA) entered their final match of the weekend with a straight-set victory over Charlotte. The Blazers improve their record to 6-5 and sit at the number five spot in C-USA standings.
AL 25 Railroad crossing closure in Sterrett, Shelby County | Attached is a notification regarding a planned 2 day RR closure by Norfolk Southern on AL 25 in Sterrett.
A researcher with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports and Exercise Medicine is presenting results of two studies on equestrian helmets at the 6th International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
With top Birmingham business leaders and community luminaries looking on, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship reinstated its yearly Innovation Awards after a two-year hiatus.