Physicians push back Alabama robotic ultrasound proposal, citing risks to maternal care and patient access despite state funding and national support.

Alabama, a state with one of the nation’s highest infant mortality rates, is betting on robots to help fix its maternal care crisis. But the state’s plan for telerobotic ultrasounds in rural areas has ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Doctors at UAB are leading the Southeast in kidney transplant surgery. Nearly two weeks ago, UAB performed the first robotic kidney transplant in the region. The doctors who ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Leaders with Alabama A&M University are hosting 1,200 middle schoolers to see who can build the best robot. The South’s BEST Robotics Championship is being hosted at AAMU ...

JASPER, Alabama (WVTM) -- Dr. Mehmet Oz recently highlighted Alabama's plan to use robots for ultrasounds due to a shortage of OB-GYNs during a rural healthcare roundtable with White House officials, ...