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Alaska hospital system pushed to brink

TANACROSS — One Alaska Native village knew what to do to keep out COVID-19. They put up a gate on the only road into town and guarded it round the

COVID spike pushes Alaska's health care system to brink

The state’s largest hospital is overwhelmed with patients and was the first weeks ago to declare crisis-of-care protocols, meaning doctors are sometimes prioritizing care based on who has the best odds of survival.

Rural Alaska at risk as COVID surge swamps faraway hospitals

TANACROSS, Alaska (AP) One Alaska Native village knew what to do to keep out COVID-19. They put up a gate on the only road into town and guarded it round the clock. It was the same idea used a century ago in some isolated Indigenous villages to protect people from outsiders during another deadly pandemic the Spanish flu.

Rural Alaska at risk as COVID surge swamps faraway hospitals

Rural Alaska at risk as Covid-19 surge swamps faraway hospitals

TANACROSS, Alaska One Alaska Native village knew what to do to keep out Covid-19. They put up a gate on the only road into town and guarded it round the clock. It was the same idea used a century ago in some isolated Indigenous villages to protect people from outsiders during…