UAB launches series of informational COVID-19 discussions for medical professionals and the public

The semiregular series of panel discussions will provide up-to-date information on COVID-19.

Headshots of Michael Saag, M.D. and Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D.The semiregular series of panel discussions will provide up-to-date information on COVID-19. (Photography: Andrea Mabry and Lexi Coon)The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine will present a series of panel discussions, What’s New with COVID-19, with the latest information available on the pandemic. The first session, open to the public and to health care providers across the state, will feature Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D., director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and Michael Saag, M.D., director of the Center for AIDS Research.  

The first session will be Monday, July 26, at 11 a.m. Marrazzo and Saag will discuss the latest COVID-19 news, including the Delta variant, vaccination efficacy and safety, and hospitalizations. They will also take questions from the public.

The panel will be conducted via Zoom. To register, go to:

https://uasystem.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KMHFwYOyQxKW-iWaBdPTAA 

Dates for additional panel discussions will be announced later.