City officials acknowledge that there are still high rates of COVID-19 in Juneau, but the change indicates that it’s no longer being treated as an emergency.
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Moderna asks FDA to authorize first COVID-19 vaccine for very young children
The company said two doses of the vaccine administered 28 days triggered levels of antibodies equivalent to what has protected older children and adults.
In some Southeast Alaska communities, COVID cases are rising as cruise season starts
Some of the highest case rates and sharpest increases were in communities — like Skagway, Petersburg, and Sitka — that will see a lot of visits from cruise ships.
Can we trust rapid COVID tests against BA.2? This is what the experts say
COVID-19 cases have been slowly ticking up in the U.S., with the omicron BA.2 subvariant now the dominant strain in the country.
Two days later, masks are optional again at Juneau schools
After more than an hour of public testimony from parents, students and educators with different viewpoints, the board voted unanimously to bring back a mask-optional policy.
Most Americans have been infected with the COVID-19 virus, the CDC reports
So many people caught omicron over the winter that almost 60% of everyone in the U.S. now have antibodies to the virus in their blood.