During the each upcoming holiday season, dozens and dozens of families across the US will be traveling so that they can join together to give thanks, exchange gifts and spend time with their extended family. The sad thing, though, is that during the holidays the number of fatal car accidents in Birmingham will increase Read More …
Police can confirm that texting was at least partially to blame for a recent Birmingham car accident that ended the life of an eighteen-year-old mother and her 10-month-old son. Not long after the crash, it was reported that the 18-year-old woman was using her phone in the seconds before her car went across the median Read More …
Did you know that workplace accidents and injuries alone kill about 4,500 people a year? And not surprisingly, it costs U.S. businesses billions of dollars. The Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Ryals School of Public Health is one of 17 national academic research and teaching Read More …