DHSS today announced 580 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 564 were residents in: Anchorage (209), Bethel Census Area (64), Fairbanks (54), Kodiak (28), Wasilla (28), Kusilvak Census Area (24), North Pole (21), Eagle River (19), Palmer (15), Kenai (12), Bethel (11), Utqiaġvik (10), Juneau (9), Soldotna (9), Homer (5), Delta Junction (4), Chugiak (3), Kenai […]
“Joe Biden needs to undo these cruel regulations—and clean house at SSA—on day one.” Just weeks away from relinquishing power to incoming President-elect Joe Biden, the Trump administration is quietly launching a last-minute assault on Social Security by rushing ahead with a rule that, if implemented, could deny critical benefits to hundreds of thousands of […]
DHSS Monday announced three new Alaska resident deaths and 589 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 557 were residents in: Anchorage (222), Wasilla (87), Eagle River (42), Kodiak (38), Fairbanks (35), Palmer (26), Bethel (16), Chugiak (12), Kusilvak Census Area (11), Kenai (10), Bethel Census Area (7), North Pole (7), Soldotna (6), Delta Junction (5), Homer (4), Sterling (3), Valdez-Cordova Census Area (3), Utqiaġvik (3), Big […]
Dec. 7, 2020 ANCHORAGE – The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) and Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) are continuing to prepare for COVID-19 vaccine distribution throughout the state, with the first shipments of vaccine expected to arrive in Alaska within the next two weeks. The Alaska COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force is […]