WASHINGTON, DC—March 8, 2021—The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) released its annual Legislative and Policy Agenda listing Tribal health-related administrative and legislative requests for 24 issues areas ranging from COVID-19 response and recovery and increased telehealth capacity to full funding for the Indian Health Service and improving water and sanitation infrastructure as an integral public […]
The U.S. Senate passed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill Saturday, giving President Joe Biden his first major legislative victory since entering office on January 20. “Today, I can say we have taken one more giant step for delivering on that promise that help is on the way,” Biden said at the White House minutes […]
DHSS today announced two deaths and 149 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 138 were residents in: Anchorage (39), Wasilla (22), Palmer (18), Fairbanks (9), Eagle River (7), Petersburg (5), Bethel Census Area (4), Chugiak (4), Juneau (4), North Pole (4), Valdez (4), Anchor Point (3), Delta Junction (3), and one each in Bethel, Cordova, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Kenai, Kenai Peninsula Borough […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy Wednesday called the move to expand the vaccine eligibility criteria for the state-allocated COVID-19 vaccine significant as part of the process in accelerating Alaska’s recovery and getting the economy back up and running. Alaska continues to lead the nation in vaccinations. The newly eligible group, Phase 1c, will include […]