Vaccines, tests, and antivirals are still effective tools in the latest COVID surge. In early November 2023, the JN.1 variant caused less than 5% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. Now it is estimated to cause more than 60% of them. Virologists including Andy Pekosz, PhD, a professor in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, are paying attention. Here, Pekosz […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley are squaring off Wednesday night in a final debate ahead of next week’s first Republican presidential nominating caucuses in the farm state of Iowa, but the front-runner in the contest, former President Donald Trump, is again refusing to debate. Polls in the U.S. heartland […]
A search for an overdue snowmachiner ended on Monday after a good samaritan came across the missing person in good health. On Sunday evening Alaska State Troopers were notified of an overdue snowmachiner at 7:49 pm. The subject was traveling between Bethel and Marshall. Ground searchers set out and began searching the area between the […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced to over six years in prison for possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, Jose Galvan Jr., 49, was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a traffic stop on Feb. 12, […]