By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up to a report last year, the Alaska Department of Epidemiology reported in July and August 2021, two unrelated persons from the Fairbanks area presented...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Alaska state health officials are reporting the second known novel orthopoxvirus case, aka “Alaskapox” in a resident of Fairbanks. In August, a woman presented with...

Recent animal tularemia cases in Alaska has prompted officials to warn the public how to avoid the bacterial infection in themselves and their pets. Two domestic cats infected with tularemia died recently...

The Alaska Section of Epidemiology is working in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Arctic Investigations Program and the Municipality of Anchorage on characterizing...

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza (HPAI) in a wild mallard duck...

A sick hare with signs of Tularemia was killed by a North Pole resident on May 11th. The disease was present based on observations during a necropsy performed today by ADF&G wildlife veterinarian,...

On June 9, Alaska’s first measles case in more than a decade, was confirmed in Fairbanks. An adult with recent travel to central Asia developed a rash several days after arriving in Fairbanks, Alaska,...