DHSS Tuesday announced 105 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 102 were residents in: Anchorage (27), Wasilla (26), Bethel Census Area (10), Palmer (9), Fairbanks (5), Chugiak (4), Soldotna (4), Fairbanks North Star Borough (3), North Pole (3), Valdez (3), Delta Junction (2), Eagle River (2), and one each in Copper River Census Area, […]
“The Trump administration put politics over people’s lives.” A top-to-bottom review of Trump-era coronavirus guidance has identified public health recommendations issued under the banner of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that were “not primarily authored” by agency staff or backed by the best existing scientific evidence. Ordered by current CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, […]
DHSS today announced 383 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska over the past three days. 372 were residents in: Anchorage (103), Wasilla (80), Eagle River (24), Fairbanks (21), Delta Junction (18), Palmer (18), Bethel Census Area (17), Chugiak (15), Juneau (10), North Pole (9), Ketchikan (6), Soldotna (6), Homer (5), Kenai (5), Southeast Fairbanks Census Area […]
“This is wild. I’ve honestly never seen something at this scale and speed in the time I’ve covered politics.” Direct payments ranging from $1,400 for individuals to $5,600 for families of four began landing in U.S. bank accounts late Friday, just over 24 hours after President Joe Biden signed into law a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package […]