Alabama in the News

UAB to participate in global clinical trial for coronavirus treatment

Made in Alabama Mar 26, 2020 | 13:19 pm

The University of Alabama at Birmingham announced that it will take part in an NIH-sponsored global clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of novel therapeutic agents in hospitalized adult patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The drug remdesivir will be the first[…]

UAH lab joins supercomputing effort to find drugs against COVID-19

Made in Alabama Mar 23, 2020 | 11:02 am

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – A researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville is joining an effort involving the world’s fastest supercomputer to screen compounds that could be effective against the pandemic COVID-19 virus. Dr. Jerome Baudry, a professor in the[…]

Gov. Ivey: Alabama small businesses can seek SBA COVID-19 disaster loans

Made in Alabama Mar 21, 2020 | 12:07 pm

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Governor Kay Ivey announced today that small businesses across Alabama negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic are eligible for assistance under the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. The SBA program will help[…]

Alabama researchers join global fight against COVID-19 disease

Made in Alabama Mar 17, 2020 | 13:11 pm

Scientists and researchers in Alabama are engaged in the global effort to stem threats posed by the COVID-19 disease. Today, Huntsville’s Diatherix announced that it has developed a highly sensitive and specific assay, or test, for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that[…]

Auto supplier HTNA expanding in Jasper to serve Mazda Toyota Manufacturing

Made in Alabama Mar 16, 2020 | 11:18 am

JASPER, Alabama — Hayashi Telempu North America (HTNA), a Michigan-based supplier of automotive interior components, plans to expand its operations in Walker County with a $7 million project that will create 19 jobs. The announcement makes HTNA’s facility in Jasper[…]