Fairbanks troopers and PAWS continue to search for a missing Nenana man who was reported missing on Monday when he didn’t return from Fairbanks as planned. AST in Fairbanks was notified at 10:04 pm on Monday that 69-year-old Frank Minano was overdue and the caller was concerned with his disappearance as he has medical […]
Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Freiday that Anchorage-based Alaska Neurology Center LLC and its owner, Franklin Ellenson, M.D., have agreed to pay $2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the medical practice knowingly submitted false billing claims to federal healthcare programs. Contemporaneous with the civil settlement, Alaska Neurology Center […]
As healthcare workers across the U.S. continue to protest the federal government’s failure to provide adequate personal protective equipment and ensure strict workplace safety standards to protect them from Covid-19, President Donald Trump on Thursday—standing in front of stacked boxes of medical supplies—said that frontline nurses and doctors “running into death just like soldiers run into […]
“There’s no evidence I’ve seen in the literature suggesting zinc in addition to hydroxychloroquine would be helpful.” Dr. Vin Gupta, a critical care physician and lung health expert, said Wednesday night that he has seen no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s assertion that zinc—paired with other drugs—is an effective treatment for the novel […]