The Center for Injury Science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, together with the School of Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, has been awarded $8.8 million by the National Institutes of Health to conduct a pivotal clinical trial in trauma patients.The Trauma Resuscitation with Group O Whole Blood or Products, or TROOP trial, will compare two resuscitation strategies — one using whole blood, the other using component therapy — in trauma patients predicted to require large-volume blood transfusions. Bleeding is the most common cause of preventable death following injury.
Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) was joined by Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and state and local officials to announce $3 million in federal funding for the North Birmingham Community Development Rehabilitation Project.
Coming off a 59-0 victory over Alabama A&M to open the 2022 season, Coach Bryant Vincent, outside linebacker Kyle Harrell and offensive tackle Sidney Wells addressed the media on Tuesday ahead of UAB's week two contest at Liberty.
Shortly before 2 AM this morning, Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Carson Road near 16th Terrace Circle NW in Centerpoint, to investigate the report of a body in the roadway. Deputies arrived on scene to find a 50-year-old male who had been struck by a vehicle that had apparently left the scene.