The world is a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, and mask mandates are on their way back into schools and cities across the nation. Is the world backtracking? 

A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke a previous record for current hospitalizations, as the number of patients in hospitals because of COVID-19 once again broke through the 1,000-person threshold.

MOBILE Ala, (WALA) Infirmary Health announced changes to its visitor policy starting a 8:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Payten McCall, 24, and her family were afraid to get vaccinated, but now she's urging people not to make that mistake after losing her oldest brother and her dad to COVID-19.

More than 99.999% of people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 have not had a breakthrough case resulting in hospitalization or death, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — The University of Southern Mississippi is offering students the chance to get money off their tuition and room and board if they get the COVID-19 vaccine.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A nationwide moratorium on evictions is coming to an end this weekend, but don’t expect a large number of people in Mobile County to be put on the streets immediately.

With school bells set to start ringing throughout South Alabama in just weeks, there is a growing debate on whether a mask should be mandatory at the start of the year.

Two leading organizations that represent obstetricians and gynecologists recommended Friday that anyone who is pregnant should be vaccinated against Covid-19.

Average COVID-19 hospitalization rates are nearly three times higher among states that have fully vaccinated less than half of their residents vs. the average among those that have vaccinated more than half of their residents, according to a CNN analysis of federal data.