“Another example of Big Pharma reaping billions from public investment into research by charging extortionate, rip-off prices for lifesaving Covid drugs.” The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical giant Merck is facing accusations of price gouging after it charged the U.S. over $700 per patient for a taxpayer-funded coronavirus treatment that, according to research, costs just $17.74 to produce. “This is why we […]
Here in middle Alaska north of Fairbanks, a trapper wearing a flannel shirt, leather gloves, and a bushy beard tromps through the forest. He spreads his arms wide to part wild rose bushes as he steps toward his traps. On this crisp, cool fall day in 2021, this trapper — who lives in Atlanta and […]
A study published in Nature Neuroscience shows how spike protein crosses the blood-brain barrier More and more evidence is coming out that people with COVID-19 are suffering from cognitive effects, such as brain fog and fatigue. And researchers are discovering why. The SARS-CoV-2 virus, like many viruses before it, is bad news for the brain. […]
DHSS today announced 649 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 640 were residents in: Anchorage (269), Wasilla (75), Kodiak (34), Fairbanks (33), Palmer (33), Bethel (22), Kusilvak Census Area (20), Soldotna (20), Eagle River (18), Utqiaġvik (13), Chugiak (11), Kenai (9), North Pole (9), Juneau (8), Homer (6), Bethel Census Area (5), Sitka (5), Fairbanks North Star Borough (4), Kenai Peninsula South (4), North Slope Borough […]
DHSS today announced 132 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 130 are residents in 23 communities with one additional case under investigation: Anchorage (56), Fairbanks (29), Utqiaġvik (5), Eagle River (4), Wasilla (4), Kotzebue (3), Nome Census Area (3), North Pole (3), Bethel Census Area (2), Juneau (2), Kenai (2), Kodiak (2), Nikiski (2), Northwest Arctic Borough (2), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (2), and […]
The coronavirus continues its steady climb upward in some places around the world, There are now more than 12.7 million COVID-19 infections around the world, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, with more than a half million deaths. The U.S. has roughly one-fourth of the world’s infections at 3.2 million and more […]
Background The Alaska COVID-19 Weekly Case Update will be finalized every weekend with data from the previous week and the report will be published by the following Wednesday. Data are continually updated on the AK DHSS Data Hub, which reflects the most current case counts. This summary presents data from the previous week and […]
“These reckless statements are false—and coming from the president, they are dangerous.” President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox Business Wednesday that he hopes the coronavirus will “sort of just disappear” on its own, remarks that came on the same day new infections in the United States topped 50,000 for the first time since […]
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Sunday announced four new cases of COVID-19 in three Alaska communities – Anchorage (2), Juneau (1) and Homer (1)). This brings the total Alaska case count to 396. These cases reflect data from 12:00 a.m. until 11:59 p.m. on May 16 that posted […]