DHSS today announced three deaths and 359 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 355 were residents in: Anchorage (118), Palmer (40), Eagle River (33), Fairbanks (33), Wasilla (25), Kodiak (20), Bethel (14), North Pole (9), Tok (8), Soldotna (7), Utqiaġvik (7), Bethel Census Area (4), Sitka (4), Kenai Peninsula Borough – North (3), Unalaska (3), Delta Junction (2), Dillingham Census Area (2), Girdwood […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy has directed the Alaska Department of Law to draft an executive order reorganizing the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services into two distinct executive branch departments: the Alaska Department of Health and the Alaska Department of Family and Community Services. This reorganization will streamline and improve the delivery […]
DHSS today announced 10 deaths and 429 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 426 were residents in: Anchorage (179), Wasilla (83), Kodiak (27), Palmer (20), Juneau (18), Eagle River (16), Fairbanks (16), Bethel (13), Chugiak (9), Soldotna (8), Bethel Census Area (7), Homer (7), Seward (4), Kenai (3), Kusilvak Census Area (2), Utqiaġvik (2), and […]
ANCHORAGE – The second COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) arrived in Alaska on Monday. Distribution and administration of this vaccine, made by Moderna, will occur this week in Alaska alongside the continued roll-out of the Pfizer vaccine which started last Monday. As of Sunday, 5,674 doses […]