"Fairbanks Memorial Hospital"

The Alaska State Troopers have gotten several reports of aggressive moose encounters, two of which involved injuries.

The name of the man who died will be released after next of kin are notified, she said. A suspect is in custody.

COVID-19 patients, most of whom are unvaccinated, are now using about half of the state’s intensive care beds.

Meanwhile, the percent of COVID-19 tests coming back positive in Alaska keeps rising, too.

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, Tanana Valley Health Clinic and the Denali Center long-term care facility are short staffed as the COVID-19 case surge continues.

Many other Alaska health care providers are also requiring their employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, including Providence Health & Services Alaska, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation.

The state also reported 801 new coronavirus infections, the second highest daily case count since the pandemic began a year and a half ago

Medical workers at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital say the hospital’s capacity is being strained by high COVID-19 rates, and the community should be more alarmed.

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital’s intensive care unit is reporting its highest rates of the disease since January.

More and more workers are out sick or quarantining. At the same time, more patients with coronavirus are filling hospital beds.