DHSS today announced 126 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 124 were residents in: Anchorage (62), Wasilla (19), Palmer (13), Fairbanks (5), Eagle River (4), Chugiak (3), Utqiaġvik (3), Kodiak (2), North Pole (2) one each in Bethel, Bethel Census Area, Juneau, Kenai, Kotzebue, Nikiski, Nome, Soldotna, Valdez-Cordova Census Area/Copper River Basin, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area and […]
“The House must pass this legislation tomorrow and the Senate must quickly follow suit. Let’s get this done—NOW!” After President Donald Trump belatedly signed a $900 billion coronavirus relief package into law late Sunday, Democratic lawmakers and Sen. Bernie Sanders turned their attention to an upcoming vote on stand-alone legislation that would increase the one-time […]
DHSS today announced 320 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 308 were residents in: Anchorage (90), Wasilla (44), Fairbanks (41), Palmer (28), Bethel (20), North Pole (11), Bethel Census Area (10), Soldotna (9), Chugiak (8), Eagle River (7), Kodiak (6), Big Lake (4), Fairbanks North Star Borough (4), Homer (3), Kenai (3), Delta Junction (2), Juneau (2), […]
On the penultimate day of 2019, health authorities in Wuhan, China, issued an urgent notice. Hospitals in the city had seen several patients with a “pneumonia of unknown cause.” Medical institutions should step up their emergency plans, the notice said. A year later, more than 1.6 million people are dead from COVID-19. The United States has […]