As coronavirus cases continue to rise across the Southland, some health officials say that there are now therapeutic medications that can help lessen the symptoms and hopefully prevent long term sickness. While they maintain that key to avoid getting sick is getting vaccinated and boosted, doctors are also raising public […]
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Hospital overflow sites remain at ‘ready,’ but officials worry about staffing
The Alternate Care Site established in the Alaska Airlines Center as a potential overflow site for area hospitals in Anchorage amid coronavirus emergency planning (Audrey Gray, Municipality of Anchorage) The hospital overflow site at Alaska Airlines Center can be ready to use within 48 hours, according to a state health […]
Trump officials promise fair distribution of new covid-19 antibody drug, but limited supply and logistical problems loom
The federal government Monday granted emergency use authorization for the drug, seen as a powerful tool that could save people from developing the worst symptoms of covid-19 until a vaccine against the novel coronavirus is widely available. The federal government has more than 80,000 doses ready for allocation and distribution […]