Half of the first language speakers of Kodiak Alutiiq died between 2020 and 2022.
Alaska coronavirus news
Live updates and information on COVID-19 in Juneau and Alaska
Lack of data blunted Alaska’s COVID response, New York Times investigation shows
Data in Alaska — and across the nation — continues to be lost or unusable due to under-investment in public health.
Flu is expected to flare up in US this winter, raising fears of a ‘twindemic’
After virtually disappearing for the last two years, there are troubling clues that the flu could come roaring back this year, to cause trouble alongside COVID.
State health officials recommend COVID boosters, flu shots this fall
The new bivalent booster — which increases protection against both the omicron variant and the original coronavirus — has been available for nearly two weeks.
Alaska health officials report Juneau’s 23rd death from COVID-19
Alaska health officials say that a Juneau woman in her 70s has died of COVID-19. It’s not clear when she died.
The latest COVID-19 vaccine boosters have arrived in Juneau
Most people who have had their primary vaccine series are eligible, but children under age 12 are not.
Omicron boosters: Do I need one, and if so, when?
“If you are eligible, there is no bad time to get your COVID-19 booster,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told NPR.
Updated COVID boosters will be available to Alaskans next week
This is the first booster available to all adults younger than 50 since November 2021.
FDA authorizes first revamp of COVID vaccines to target omicron
The new shots from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech target both the original strain of the coronavirus and the omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants that most people are catching now.
‘God, no, not another case.’ COVID-related stillbirths didn’t have to happen
By the time the CDC specifically recommended the vaccine for pregnant people, in August 2021, the damage had been done.