March 30, 2020 ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced five new cases of COVID-19 in three Alaska communities – Anchorage (2), Fairbanks (2) and Palmer (1). This brings the case count total for Alaska to 119. All of the new cases are in adults aged 30-59. Four […]
CAIRO – Iran’s health ministry said Saturday that 123 people had died of coronavirus during the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 1,556, with more than 20,000 people infected. The ministry stressed that the death toll for the day had dropped from 149 a day earlier. Some Iranian opposition sources, however, […]
According to a release from the Center for Disease Control, Norton Sound was again struck by suspected Walrus-related Trichinellosis from eating under-cooked Walrus meat, bringing the outbreak to a total of ten since August of 2016. The incidences this year and in 2016, mark the first time in 23 years that the parasite, from Walrus, […]
The weapon used to ambush Anchorage Police officer Arn Salao at the corner of Cordova and Fifth Avenue early Saturday morning, has claimed at least five lives in the last year in the Anchorage area, Anchorage police say. Officer Salao was responding to a theft call at 4:36 am on Saturday, and when he approached […]