DHSS today announced one death and 97 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 89 are residents in 14 communities: Anchorage (35), Fairbanks (27), North Pole (5), Wasilla (5), Juneau (4), Palmer (4), Utqiaġvik (2), and one each for Bristol Bay/Lake & Peninsula boroughs, Douglas, Kenai Peninsula Borough North, Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Delta Junction, and Yukon-Koyukuk […]
Critics reserved some outrage for veteran journalist Bob Woodward, who learned the president was lying to the public about the pandemic in March. Though unsurprised at the news that President Donald Trump deliberately lied about and downplayed the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, political observers on Wednesday were outraged following the release of […]
Public health, economic leaders testify to joint legislative hearing ANCHORAGE – Economists at a joint hearing of the Health and Social Services and House State Affairs committees urged the state to implement public health measures that will contain the COVID-19 virus and enable economic recovery. “By successfully fighting the virus, we’re more likely for […]
With the global death toll from COVID-19 pandemic now over 900,000, the top infectious disease expert in the United States says that drugmaker AstraZeneca’s suspension of final global trials of its experimental vaccine points to the effectiveness of the safeguards that have been incorporated into the trials. “It’s important to point out that that’s the […]