Across the country, health experts are urging people to upgrade their face masks — or put on two — as more contagious variants of the coronavirus spread.
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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.
Why does Alaska have the country’s lowest COVID-19 death rate? Doctors explain.
Local doctors attribute the low death rate to a number of factors, from aggressive restrictions early on to widespread testing to the state’s geography.
The number of COVID-19 patients in Alaska’s hospitals has been steadily growing for weeks
Dr. David Scordino, director of the emergency department at Alaska Regional Hospital, says that it’s hard to quantify the rise in the number of patients, but he says it’s noticeable.
Alaska hospitals fear long-term consequences of COVID-19 financial impact
Economic data shows personal health care spending in Alaska was down 60 percent from January to May.
Anchorage doctors say patients are waiting to seek care over virus fears. Some have died.
Patients should know that by delaying care in the case of an emergency, they risk taking up bed space for more time than if they seek immediate care for strokes, heart attacks or appendicitis.
Some conservatives are pushing to reopen Alaska’s economy. But elected officials, doctors and economists urge caution.
There’s a growing chorus of political conservatives at both the state and national level who are calling on policymakers to quickly relax some of the social distancing measures that have helped contain COVID-19’s spread.
Watch: Governor announces Alaska’s first coronavirus case
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy and state health officials held a press briefing Thursday to announce the state’s first coronavirus case. Alaska’s chief medical officer called it a “presumptive positive,” meaning that the lab case will be sent to the CDC for confirmation.
Most Dunleavy budget cuts face legal, political obstacles
With most of the budget, if the Legislature decides to fund more than what the governor wants, he can use his line-item veto to remove the money. But not in the case of the school funds.
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.