The purpose of this health alert network message is to provide updated guidance for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine during the current mumps outbreak, which started in Anchorage last summer [1, 2]. To date, 214 confirmed and 33 probable cases have been reported to the Alaska Section of Epidemiology (SOE), and there is no sign that […]
The Trump administration has fired the remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, also known as PACHA. Council members received a letter last week saying that their appointments to the panel were terminated, “effective immediately,” according to a report in The Washington Post. PACHA was established in 1995, during the Clinton administration, to advise […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – November is Avalanche Education Awareness month and the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) wants Alaska’s drivers to be aware of avalanche zones as they travel the state’s highways this winter. “Our goal is to improve safety for highway users by reducing avalanche hazards while minimizing avalanche related traffic delays […]
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The Denali Highway is now open from Cantwell, on the Parks Highway, to Paxson, on the Richardson Highway. Beginning in mid-April, maintenance and operations crews with the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) removed snow, thawed culverts and completed repairs along the 135 mile road. ADOT&PF cautions travelers that there […]