Month: September 2020

"The Covid-19 related symptoms of fever and myalgia (muscle ache) manifest less often in pregnant and recently pregnant women than in nonpregnant women of reproductive age," the researchers wrote. "Pregnant or recently pregnant women with Covid-19 seem to be at increased risk of requiring admission to an intensive care unit or invasive ventilation." Older women, women who are heavier and women with conditions such as diabetes, kidney disease or other chronic conditions may also have a higher risk of severe disease, they said. The researchers also found in those studies that pregnant women with Covid-19 are at increased risk of delivering preterm and their babies being admitted to the neonatal unit, although overall rates of spontaneous preterm births were not high. Also, stillbirth and neo...

We're making this important information about the pandemic available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider joining others in supporting independent journalism in Alaska for just $3.23 a week. The state on Tuesday reported two new deaths among Alaskans with COVID-19, along with 36 new confirmed infections. No detailed information about the deaths reported Tuesday was immediately available. A resident at the Anchorage Pioneer Home who tested positive for the virus died recently, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services announced late Monday. The death marked the second in a resident at the home amid a cluster of coronavirus infections. A total of 19 case...

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GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS HAS SAID MANDATES ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE. STEVE: A WARNING TONIGHT FROM THE POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IF YOU HAVE RECENTLY BEEN TESTED FOR THE CORONAVIRUS ISOLATE YOURSELF UNTIL YOU GET THE RESULTS. POLK COUNTY IS ONE OF THE STATE’S CORONAVIRUS HOT SPOTS. RIGHT NOW THE COUNTY’ POSITIVITY RATE IS 12 -- 12.4%. THAT IS MORE THAN TWO POINTS HIGHER THAN THE STATEWIDE RATE. THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS SAY THEY HAVE NO PLANS TO PUSH FOR A MASK-MANDATE BECAUSE THEY DON’T BELIEVE THAT IT’S ENFORCEABLE. KCCI’S MARCUS MCINTOSH IS LIV TONIGHT TO TELL US WHY YOU NEED TO HUNKER DOWN UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR TEST RESULT MARCUS: WE’RE STANDING LIVE IN FRONT OF THE POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHERE WE LEARNED IT IS PRETTY SIMPLE AND MAKES SENSE. BECAUSE THERE IS A REASON SOM...