If the future is destined to track a new, COVID-19 study out of China, Alaskans might want to start hoping for a warm, wet summer. European scientists last month linked the rise […]
Pray for rain?
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, […]
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 – […]
Forgotten history
Nurse Donna – my late mother – had two favorite home remedies other than chicken soup for almost every disease: fresh air and a saltwater gargle. Until the COVID-19 pandemic erupted, I […]
AK flu is back
Fatigue? Headache? Chest discomfort? Maybe a sore throat and a runny nose? You just might have the flu. It has been spreading across Alaska’s urban core.
