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 […]
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 […]
DHSS today announced one death of an Alaska resident and 180 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 170 were residents in: Anchorage (53), Wasilla (22), Bethel (19), Eagle River (13), Bethel Census Area (11), Palmer (11), Kusilvak Census Area (6), Unalaska (6), Seward (4), Aleutians East Borough (2), Chugiak (2), Fairbanks (2), Juneau (2), Ketchikan (2), North Pole (2), North Slope Borough (2), Utqiaġvik (2) and one each in Big Lake, Delta Junction, Dillingham […]
DHSS today announced one death of an Alaska resident and 89 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 86 were residents in: Anchorage (20), Wasilla (12), Bethel Census Area (11), Fairbanks (7), Juneau (5), Kusilvak Census Area (5), Bethel (4), Palmer (4), Eagle River (3), Sutton-Alpine (2), Unalaska (2) and one each in Big Lake, Chugiak, Cordova, Haines, Homer, Kotzebue, Nome Census Area, North Pole, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census […]
