News analysis A Danish study of masking branded as “controversial” long before it saw the light of day finally emerged in print on Wednesday only to add to the confusion over […]
Masked and unmasked
Limits of science
As the search for the magic bullet that will stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues and the global death toll from COVID-19 climbs ever upward, it’s time to talk science. The good news […]
COVID gamble
As Alaska salmon processors head into the fishing season hopeful of dodging the perils of the pandemic, a new report on the meat and poultry industries paints a portrait of a problem-filled […]
Masks and guns
If you live in Alaska, there are situations in which a firearm just might save you from being mauled or killed by a grizzly bear. With the SARS-CoV-2 virus on the loose, […]
We were warned
How long have doctors been warning us about the risks of obesity? Long before the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, they were cautioning against a dangerous epidemic tied to our visibly spreading waistlines. “Will All […]
NOVID-6/2020?
The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford University is offering a glimmer of hope that summer could bring a respite from SARS-CoV-2. Alaskans looking at a commercial fishing season disrupted by the […]
Who’s afraid?
The pandemic coronavirus now sweeping the country is revealing some interesting differences in how Americans young and old, rich and poor, liberal and conservative view the realities of life and death – […]
COVID-iness
As fish processing companies working in Alaska try to come up with plans that will allow for summer operations in the new world of the coronavirus COVID-19, food production facilities across the […]
Anxiety rising
All across the country now, the reports of pandemic anxiety are growing. It was only a matter of time. Even before COVID-19 invaded everyone’s life, anxiety disorders were rampant in the […]
Fear fear
About 2.8 million people per year die in the United States from heart disease, cancer, injuries and various other illnesses, according to the data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control […]
