USA Health Insider

USA Health began administering the second dose of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week to staff members who received their first dose three weeks ago.

USA Health environmental services staff celebrated the holiday week with muffins, grab-and-go lunches, Santa hats, candy canes and a special raffle.

Five representatives from USA Health were named to Mobile Bay’s 2020 40 Under 40.

As director of health system pharmacy for USA Health, Allen Broome, Pharm.D., brings a high level of expertise to any queries about the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine now being offered to employees.

USA Health clinicians and scientists are experts in their fields, making them perfect sources on a variety of news topics, from COVID-19 to child safety.

In this new role, Kinnard is responsible for overseeing the entire fellowship program, including implementing changes based on current accreditation requirements.

USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute is urging women in Alabama to continue their regular screenings for cervical cancer.

USA Health research demonstrating that a vaccine made from patients’ own tumors could extend the lives of women with late-stage ovarian cancer, particularly those without a BRCA gene mutation, has been published in the December 2020 issue of The Lancet Oncology.

The flag recognized the support, leadership and sacrifice of the dedicated employees of USA Health University Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The mRNA technology used to create the two COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may seem new but it has a decades-long history with scientists.

USA Health teams drew on processes honed at the drive-through COVID-19 testing site at the Mobile Civic Center to organize the vaccination effort, which followed the Alabama Department of Public Health allocation plan in which healthcare workers, first responders and nursing home residents are prioritized in the distribution.

Nair’s areas of expertise include congenital heart disease, fetal cardiology, arrhythmia and diseases such as obesity and high cholesterol.