Nationally, the report from Pew Charitable Trusts says COVID spending amounting to 25% of all federal grants to states in 2020, second only to Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor.
Alaska coronavirus news
Live updates and information on COVID-19 in Juneau and Alaska
Pandemic relief will help build new homes in overcrowded Bering Straits communities
Bering Straits Regional Housing Authority received additional funds from COVID-related grants and can afford to build more homes in 2022.
Anchorage school board extends mandatory masking after teacher pushback
The Anchorage school board voted to extend the district’s mandatory mask requirement until at least Jan. 15.
Alaska’s top epidemiologist encourages vaccines, boosters ahead of holidays as omicron variant looms
Alaska’s vulnerability to a surge of omicron cases is about average compared with other states, according to Alaska’s top epidemiologist, Dr. Joe McLaughlin.
More than 14,000 home COVID-19 test kits have been distributed in Juneau
These tests aren’t as sensitive as the ones done at the airport or at the city’s drive-thru testing site, so a second follow-up test is recommended in some cases.
COVID is again raging across the U.S. just as Americans gather for the holidays
As many people traveled for the holidays, health officials and state leaders issued serious warnings about the coronavirus as the U.S. experienced record new infections.