Highlights from the Alaska Tobacco Facts, 2023 Update: Alaska’s Tobacco Prevention and Control Program in the Alaska Department of Health has published its updated 2023 Alaska Tobacco Facts report. This report is an annual update of key trends about tobacco prevention and control from state data sources. It summarizes Alaska’s most current data on tobacco […]
The Alaska Department of Health Weekly COVID-19 and Influenza Update has been updated with data from the week of November 13 – November 19, 2022 and can be viewed here. Key Findings: COVID-19 transmission continued to occur in most parts of Alaska during the week of November 13 – November 19, 2022. There is no […]
The latest Crime in Alaska Report released on Oct. 3 revealed that the downward trend in rates continues. For the third straight year, from 2019 to 2021, Alaska’s overall crime rate declined by double digits on an annual basis and is now at the lowest level in 41 years. Compared to 2018, our crime rate […]
January 20, 2021 ANCHORAGE – Alaska now counts more people who have been vaccinated with their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and reported into VacTrAK – the state’s immunization tracking system – than residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 whose cases have been entered into the state’s data dashboard. Alaska is also currently ranked […]