Alaska had the biggest decline in average life expectancy of all U.S. states in 2021, a year when health outcomes were heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent national ...

State health department officials said last week said more people died in Alaska, from COVID-19 or other causes, during a major virus surge this fall compared to any other point in the pandemic. Not ...

In Alaska, the state with the nation’s biggest increase in drug overdose deaths from 2020 to 2021, certain demographic groups have been at higher risk, according to a newly released report: men more ...

On Sunday, Kodiak Island in southern Alaska hit 67 degrees. That’s warmer than it was in Southern California that same day. This set a record for the warmest December day in Alaska, according to the ...

Baked Alaska is no longer just a dessert — now it’s also the state of the state. Daytime temperatures have reached record December highs this year in Alaska, which is experiencing an unusual winter ...

A study of two powerful earthquakes in adjacent areas off the Alaska Peninsula in 2020 and 2021 shows a connection between the two. It also suggests they may be a part of an 80-year rupture cascade ...

Alaska had the biggest decline in average life expectancy of all U.S. states in 2021, a year when health outcomes were heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent national ...