Anchorage provider already holding clinics, though it could take longer for other providers.
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Young kids in Juneau could get their first COVID-19 vaccine dose this week
One shipment of Moderna vaccines has already arrived at the Juneau Public Health office, but they are waiting for Pfizer vaccines to arrive before opening appointments to Juneau’s youngest residents.
Ketchikan City Council declines to cancel drag queen reading at library
Ketchikan’s city attorney canceling the event could violate the state’s civil rights law and the First Amendment in addition to the city’s antidiscrimination ordinance.
Report documenting boarding school deaths, abuse and loss of culture is a good first step, advocates say
Many see the first volume of the report as just the beginning of the government’s attempts to document the systemic and forced assimilation of Indigenous children at boarding schools.
National advocates support Alaska foster children’s appeal over state taking their social security benefits
In 2019, a judge ruled against foster youth in a case where the Office of Children’s Services had been applying for benefits children were entitled to and putting that money into the OCS budget.
Abbott’s baby formula plant is reopening in a step that could soon ease the shortage
Several babies were sickened and two died after consuming formula made at the plant.