One of the leading vaccines has to be stored at minus 95 degrees Fahrenheit, and once it’s thawed, it lasts just five days in a refrigerator. That timeline could prove hard to meet for villages that are only accessible by air and can face weather-related delays.
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Across Alaska, as the pandemic sends more staff home, hospitals prepare for the worst
More and more workers are out sick or quarantining. At the same time, more patients with coronavirus are filling hospital beds.
Another Kotzebue resident tests positive for COVID-19, local health association suspects community spread
This is the third case for the city, the fourth for the Northwest Arctic Borough.
Anchorage patient first to die in Alaska after positive COVID-19 test
The first person to die in Alaska after testing positive for COVID-19 passed away Friday at Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage.
Alaska lawmakers learn about a subsistence superfood
The state’s food safety codes currently don’t allow seal oil in public facilities like nursing homes. But a movement is underway to serve the beloved food to Elders.
Shutdown puts strain on some Alaska Native tribes and tribal organizations
Some Alaska Native tribes and tribal organizations are dipping into reserves in order to pay for services that the federal government usually covers.
After misdiagnosis and amputation, Anchorage woman wins $21M
Staff at Alaska Native Medical Center thought the woman had shingles. They sent her home, but she returned near-death, suffering septic shock. Ultimately, doctors were forced to amputate her limbs.
Anchorage area hospitals report initial wave of earthquake injuries: Two life threatening, but mostly minor
Mat-Su Regional Medical Center says in the first nine hours after the earthquake they saw 99 disaster related injuries.
Troopers say man attempted to smuggle heroin to Bethel
According to court documents, troopers approached William “Billy” Aloysius, 33, at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on August 31 as he was waiting for his flight home to Bethel.
19-year-old shooting victim remains in critical condition
Geneva Anowlic-Okikton was shot in the head earlier this month in Juneau.