UAB opens vaccination sites in Hoover and Ensley – News

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Cars drive through the vaccine line. To make an appointment, visit UABMedicineVaccine.org or call 205-975-1881 for assistance.The University of Alabama at Birmingham and UAB Medicine will open two drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination centers this month, at the Hoover Metropolitan Complex on September 15 and at Faith Chapel in Ensley on September 22.

The Hoover Met site will operate Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Hoover Met is located at 5508 Stadium Trace Parkway, Hoover, AL 35244.

The Faith Chapel location will operate Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Faith Chapel is located at 100 Mike Moore Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35244.

The first, second and third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be offered free of charge to patients and the public at these drive-thru locations, to help expand access to the vaccine and continue the fight against COVID-19.

To make an appointment, visit UABMedicineVaccine.org, or call 205-975-1881 for assistance. These sites will also accept those who drive without an appointment.

UAB Medicine provides the FDA-approved Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine now known as Comirnaty.

Close up of arm receiving vaccine. The first, second and third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be offered free of charge to patients and the public at these drive-thru locations.Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people who are moderately to severely immunocompromised receive an additional (third) dose. This includes people who have:

  • Medical conditions such as asplenia and chronic kidney disease, which may be associated with varying degrees of immune deficiency
  • You have received active cancer treatment for tumors or cancer of the blood
  • You have had an organ transplant and are taking medicines to suppress the immune system
  • Have had a stem cell transplant within the past two years or are taking medicines to suppress the immune system
  • Moderate or severe primary immune deficiency (such as DiGeorge syndrome or Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome)
  • Advanced or untreated HIV infection
  • Active treatment with high dose corticosteroids or other drugs that may suppress the immune response

Talk to your healthcare provider about your condition and if an extra dose is right for you.



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