"Dr. Lisa Rabinowitz"

The new bivalent booster — which increases protection against both the omicron variant and the original coronavirus — has been available for nearly two weeks.

Monkeypox is spread during prolonged face-to-face or skin-to-skin contact — it’s not spread exclusively through sexual contact.

Anchorage provider already holding clinics, though it could take longer for other providers.

Children age 11 and younger accounted for 15% of Alaska’s coronavirus cases last month — nearly double the percentage seen during last fall’s surge.

Sand Point has seen 17 new cases since mid-July.