The Alaska Section of Epidemiology (SOE) conducts routine influenza surveillance throughout the year, with heightened surveillance occurring October through May. Influenza surveillance provides information on where influenza activity is happening, tracks influenza-related illness (ILI) and mortality and detects changes in the viral genome. Weekly surveillance reports are posted on the SOE influenza webpage.1 The purpose […]
The Alaska Department of Health Weekly COVID-19 and Influenza Update has been updated with data from the week of May 28 – June 3, 2023 and can be viewed here. COVID: COVID-19 transmission continues to occur in many communities across Alaska, although overall case counts continue to slowly decline. Most COVID-19 in Alaska at this […]
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, working collaboratively with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Office of the State Veterinarian, has confirmed the detection of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus H5N1 strain in a red fox and eagles from Unalaska. In the past month, HPAI has been detected in red […]
WASHINGTON – Today, the small Native Inupiaq community of Shishmaref is best known for its struggle against coastal erosion: Set on a tiny barrier island in Alaska, just south of the Arctic Circle, it is slowly being eaten up by the rising Chukchi Sea. But Shishmaref is also known as the only village […]