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UPDATE: DHSS announced today there are 53 residents in 12 communities: Anchorage (31), Fairbanks (6), Eagle River (3), Valdez-Cordova Census Area (3), Ketchikan (2), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (2), Wasilla (2), Juneau (1), Kodiak Island Borough (1), Kusilvak Census Area (1) and Willow (1). There are also 4 new nonresident cases. Municipality of Anchorage (2 visitors, 1 tourism industry, and one unknown location and industry). One case previously reported as a resident of Anchorage has been corrected to a nonresident visitor case. This brings the total number of Alaska cases to 1,631 and the total number of nonresident cases to 325. Original story: ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The State of Alaska has announced 53 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Alaska. This brings the total number of COVID...

Early research has revealed a possible link between individuals' blood type and their coronavirus risk. Several preliminary studies found that people with type O blood have a lower risk of getting the coronavirus, or are less likely to develop a less severe infection if they do get it. But that link is tenuous and shouldn't be used to judge a patient's risk: "No one should think they're protected," one expert said. Research is split on which blood types are associated with higher risk of coronavirus infection. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. A handful of early studies have found that people with blood type O may have a slight advantage during this pandemic. Research published over the weekend found that patients with type O were less likely ...

The Oregon Health Authority reported 282 presumed and confirmed coronavirus cases and four deaths on Wednesday. Oregon’s caseload continues to climb with overall COVID-19 infections growing by 7% percent over the past week. The state also reported 22 people died from the virus between July 6 and July 12 – double the number who died during the prior week. The weekly report also showed that after five weeks of increasing hospitalization rates, the average has “plateaued.” Officials attribute this to increased testing and the fact that most Oregonians currently being infected are young people, who are less likely to be hospitalized. The report comes on the first day of new mandates set by Gov. Kate Brown Monday requiring Oregonians to wear masks when it is impossible to keep 6-foot physica...

(Update: Adding video, more details from company) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Deschutes County Health Services said Wednesday it is investigating a COVID-19 outbreak at Mt. Bachelor Memory Care in Bend that has led to more than 20 confirmed cases of the virus among residents and staff. A resident tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, and Health Services staff responded quickly to test all residents and staff, begin the contact tracing necessary to contain such an outbreak and to assess the dimensions of the outbreak. A representative for the facility said 18 residents and three staff members tested positive in recent days, with other test results still pending. The outbreak has been contained to one wing of the facility, according to Mallory DaCosta, regiona...