CDC updates data on underlying health conditions in virus patients who need hospitalization, intensive care
People with chronic medical conditions like diabetes, lung disease and heart disease face an increased chance of being hospitalized.
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Should you wear mask in public if not sick with coronavirus?
There is no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the mass population has any particular benefit, according to the World Health Organization.
As national parks remain open during a pandemic, seven workers are now infected
News that the virus is spreading through national parks staffs has sparked complaints from employees who are still compelled to go to work.
Alaska records 14 more COVID-19 cases as governor takes steps to stabilize economy
Health officials urged Alaskans to maintain social distance, saying the state isn’t seeing the kind of acceleration that’s happening in New York.
Isolation and quarantine centers identified for Anchorage’s unsheltered population
Dempsey Anderson Ice Arena may house COVID-19 patients who experience homelessness.
An Alaska hospital executive downplayed the COVID-19 threat in an email to staff. She’s no longer on the job.
The chief operating officer for the Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. drew criticism from tribal leaders over sharing a conspiratorial meme.
Watch: Gov. Dunleavy, state officials give update on COVID-19
State officials provide an update on the coronavirus outbreak in Alaska at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
A guide to surviving financially as the bills come due
Reach out immediately to your mortgage lender, student loan servicer or utility provider to see what’s available.
Alaskans get 1-month extension to apply for this year’s PFD
Applications must be submitted before midnight on April 30. Tuesday was the original deadline.
Trump says ‘life and death’ at stake in coronavirus guidelines as White House projects 100K to 240K US deaths
Public health officials stressed that the number could be less if people change their behavior.
Hospitals overflow with bodies in New York, the US epicenter of the virus
FEMA is sending 85 refrigerated trucks to serve as temporary morgues, New York City said.
Prudhoe Bay worker tested positive for COVID-19, BP Alaska says
“BP is following procedures and protocols to minimize the risk of COVID-19," the company said.
US warship captain seeks crew isolation onshore as virus spreads
Such a move would take the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier out of duty in an effort to save lives.
Help heads to NYC as experts predict over 100,000 US deaths
The U.S. death toll climbed past 3,500 Tuesday. Worldwide, more than 40,000 have died.
A Washington state choir decided to go ahead with rehearsal. Now dozens of members have COVID-19 and two are dead.
Experts said the choir outbreak is consistent with a growing body of evidence that the virus can be transmitted through aerosols -- particles smaller than 5 micrometers that can float in the air for minutes or longer.
Furloughs of hundreds of thousands of employees at major retail chains signal mounting economic distress
Macy’s, Kohl’s and Gap Inc. all said Monday they will stop paying tens of thousands of employees who were thrown out of work when the chains temporarily closed their stores and sales collapsed as a result of the pandemic.
Florida docking plan in the works for ill-fated cruise ships
More than 300 U.S. citizens are among the thousands of passengers and crew on the ships.
Judges slow abortion bans in Texas, Ohio, Alabama amid virus
The rulings indicated judges were pushing back on Republican-controlled states including abortion in sweeping orders as the outbreak grows in the U.S.
CDC considers advising the public to wear face coverings
An official said the new guidance would make clear that the general public should not use medical masks - including surgical and N95 masks - that are in desperately short supply and needed by health-care workers.
Fairbanks emerges as hot spot for coronavirus in Alaska
Alaska officials Monday reported two clusters of COVID-19 cases: 15 at two clinics, and at least six at a senior center with more tests pending.