The state also reported 801 new coronavirus infections, the second highest daily case count since the pandemic began a year and a half ago
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Anchorage hospitals delay surgeries to cope with COVID overload
Operations that might be put off include vascular surgery for a heart bypass, cancerous tumor removal or joint replacement.
Without safety net of health mandates, Anchorage’s strained, understaffed hospitals brace for more patients
Anchorage hospitals have roughly half of Alaska’s 120 intensive care unit beds, making the city the nerve center of the state’s health care infrastructure. Right now, that infrastructure is stretched nearly to its limit.
Alaska hospital execs issue stark warning as COVID-19 surge continues
Leaders of Alaska’s largest hospitals say a steep rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations is straining a health care system that’s already struggling with staffing shortages and a burned-out workforce.
Alaska leads nation with steepest climb in coronavirus hospitalizations
Nearly every region in Alaska, including Anchorage, is back under a high-alert level based on their case rates.
Air National Guard rescues crashed pilot near Lime Village
The Alaska Air National Guard rescued the pilot of a crashed Cessna airplane near Lime Village on April 7.
NTSB: Helicopter crash that killed 5 occurred near top of high ridge above Knik Glacier
A helicopter that crashed Saturday evening near the Knik Glacier, killing five of six people aboard, just missed clearing the top of a mile-high mountain ridge, according to federal investigators.
Iditarod musher Aliy Zirkle suffers concussion on trail, flown to Anchorage for care
Zirkle was flown to the Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage and has since been released from the hospital.
‘Something pure and good’: Anchorage hospital workers step up to cuddle Alaska’s tiniest babies
A group of hospital employees has been volunteering to come in on their off time to hold some of Alaska’s tiniest and sickest babies.
Advocates see huge increase in severe child abuse cases in Alaska during the pandemic
Alaska CARES medical director Dr. Barbara Knox described “a serious uptick in cases of abusive head trauma, serious physical abuse.”