November 5, 2021 (Anchorage) – Governor Mike Dunleavy announced today that the state of Alaska has filed a federal lawsuit to block the implementation of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on private employers and states like Alaska that have a state Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) plan. The vaccine requirement is part of an Emergency […]
The one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 74% effective against the disease, according to the results of a real-world study published Tuesday in the scientific journal JAMA Network Open. Researchers at the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Minnesota took a group of more than 90,000 patients between February and July this year and inoculated […]
October 29, 2021 (Anchorage) – Alaska and nine other states have filed a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced today. Under the mandate, a private business would be required to force its employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before it could be awarded a federal contract […]
“The bottom line is this: We have the scientific tools we need to turn the corner on this pandemic.” A study published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that people across the U.S. who were not fully vaccinated this spring and summer were 11 times more likely to die of Covid-19—and […]