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Articles by Martha Hall Dawson
Water fluoridation is one of the top 10 public health achievements of the 20th Century: op-ed
Birmingham Real-Time News Updated: Mar. 24, 2026, 6:11 a.m. |Published: Mar. 24, 2026, 6:00 a.m. This is a guest opinion column The recent announcement that Central Alabama Water (“CAW”) will cease adding fluoride to our drinking water is both shocking and concerning. Even more troubling than the decision itself is the lack of notice, transparency, and process by which it was made. As background, this issue was thoroughly debated long before fluoridation was adopted.
Guest opinion: Global COVID-19 ‘emergency’” has ended. For the South, vaccination remains critical.
This is a guest opinion column Public health officials, doctors, politicians, and celebrities – even the Pope – have spent the past two years urging people to get vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. Unfortunately, many have yet to take their advice. As of May 2023, only 17% of the U.S. population have received an updated COVID booster dose.
For COVID-19, the ‘emergency’ may be over, but the vaccination fight continues
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Public health officials have spent the past two years urging people to get vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19, but despite free and available vaccines, many have yet to take their advice. Now, we are entering a new phase. With the end of the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, the government will no longer pay for COVID-19 tests or vaccines.
Litigation Minute: Don't Get Disqualified - Representing Current and Separated Employees in Depositions | JD Supra
What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less It is a common practice for outside litigation counsel to represent current, and even former, employees of corporate clients during depositions. This practice, however, is governed by ethical rules (and opinions and case law) that must be considered in advance.
Martha Hall Dawson
She was born, July 18, 1942, in Campbell County, a daughter of the late John Thomas Hall and Maude Dowdy Hall. She was a member of Monte Vista Baptist Church and retired from the Altavista Journal. Martha enjoyed cooking, but her greatest love was her family.
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