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Alaska’s life-expectancy drop was biggest among all states in 2021, CDC says

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 ...
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Alaska saw a major increase in overall deaths across the state after introduction of delta variant

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 ...

Largest since 2021: 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks Anchorage area of Alaska

Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state in the US and one of the most seismically active regions in the world ...
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Report details Alaska demographics hurt most by 2021 spike in drug-overdose deaths

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 ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Alaska’s life-expectancy drop was biggest among all states in pandemic year of 2021, CDC says

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 ...