Dr. James Phillips condemned the “completely unnecessary presidential ‘drive-by’” as “political theater” that endangered the health of everyone who was forced to take part. An attending physician at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center took to Twitter Sunday evening to publicly voice outrage at President Donald Trump’s decision to briefly leave the Maryland hospital […]
COVID-19 case rates are continuing to rise in many Alaska communities. Statewide numbers are at all-time highs for 14-day average case rate (14.93 cases per 100,000 population) and percent positivity (3.84% for a 7-day rolling average). Alaska’s overall alert level continues to be high and trending up. We are urging Alaskans to exercise caution […]
WHITE HOUSE – U.S. President Donald Trump has announced he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus. President Trump tweeted at 12:54 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Friday (04:54 UTC): “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this […]
DHSS today announced one death and 136 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 127 are residents in 15 communities: Anchorage (61), Fairbanks (26), Wasilla (8), Nome Census Area (6), Kotzebue (4), Northwest Arctic Borough (4), Utqiaġvik (4), Eagle River (3), Healy (2), Kodiak (2), Palmer (2), Valdez (2) and one each in Bethel Census Area, Juneau, and Kenai Peninsula Borough North. Nine new […]