Bruce L. Davidson MD, MPH co-led development of the NIH oral rotavirus vaccine, is Past President of the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association, and is a public health and pulmonary physician in the Seattle area. On Friday March 19, 2021, FDA released new data with a breakdown of location for the 18 American Indians/Alaska Natives in […]
DHSS today announced 67 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 64 were residents in: Anchorage (17), Wasilla (17), Delta Junction (13), Palmer (5), Fairbanks (2), Utqiaġvik (2), Valdez (2), and one each in Chugiak, Eagle River, Healy, North Pole, Seward and Sitka. Three new nonresident cases were identified yesterday in: Anchorage: one in mining industry Southeast […]
In 1958, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake triggered a rockslide into Southeast Alaska’s Lituya Bay, creating a tsunami that ran 1,700 feet up a mountainside before racing out to sea. Researchers now think the region’s widespread loss of glacier ice helped set the stage for the quake. In a recently published research article, scientists with the University […]
Statewide survey indicates confidence in Alaska’s efforts to manage the COVID-19 virus ANCHORAGE – A statewide public opinion survey conducted among residents in late February reveals a large majority of Alaskans approve of the State’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic response. The survey also measured awareness of the State’s vaccine distribution efforts, revealing a majority […]