DHSS today announced one death of an Alaska resident and 184 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 178 were residents in: Anchorage (44), Bethel Census Area (38), Fairbanks (19), Wasilla (13), Bethel (8), Aleutians East Borough (6), Kusilvak Census Area (6), North Pole (6), Unalaska (5), Dillingham Census Area (4), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (4), Eagle River […]
ANCHORAGE– The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) announced this week that Alaska will receive 41,100 first doses of state-allocated COVID-19 vaccine for the month of February. Additionally, 18,500 doses have been allocated to the federal Indian Health Service (IHS). IHS vaccine is managed by Alaska’s Tribal Health System. These two allocations total […]
“Biden campaigned on eliminating fossil fuel giveaways, and voters agree by a huge margin,” said one climate activist. In a speech Wednesday outlining his new executive actions aimed at confronting the “existential threat” of the climate crisis, President Joe Biden said he plans to ask the Democrat-controlled Congress to pass legislation eliminating the tens of billions […]
President Joe Biden is set to sign orders related to health care Thursday, including a special enrollment period for a health insurance marketplace that could help those who have lost coverage during the coronavirus pandemic. Employer-related coverage is the most common way Americans get health insurance, and with the pandemic putting more people out of […]