Many viruses are making Alaskans sick this winter, but the virus primarily responsible for filling up our clinics, emergency departments, and pediatric hospital beds this season is respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Each year in the United States, RSV leads to an average 58,000 hospitalizations with 100-500 deaths among children younger than 5 years old and […]
Seventeen states are reporting that more than 80% of their pediatric hospital beds are full, while seven states are near capacity. Pediatric health experts are sounding alarms regarding a surge in respiratory viruses among children, with more than three-quarters of pediatric hospital beds now full as respiratory syncytial virus cases hit more than double the number […]
The Alaska Department of Health Weekly COVID-19 and Influenza Update has been updated with data from the week of November 06 – November 12, 2022 and can be viewed here. Key Findings: COVID-19 transmission continued to occur in most parts of Alaska during the week of November 06 – November 12, 2022. There is no clear […]
ANCHORAGE, AK — While we wait for the rest of the votes to be counted, Alaska voters are decidedly voting down a constitutional convention that extremist groups planned to use as an opportunity to strip the people of Alaska of their right to an abortion. The vote so far demonstrates once again that the people […]