An Alaska resident has died from complications of a relatively new and rare virus known as Alaskapox, according to a bulletin posted by Alaska state public health officials. The Alaskapox virus was ...

An elderly man has died from Alaskapox, the first known fatality from the recently discovered virus, state health officials said. The man, who lived in the remote Kenai Peninsula, was hospitalized ...

Epidemiologists are renaming the disease Alaskapox out of fear that the name of the illness may hamper tourism and stigmatize the state. Alaskapox, now called Borealpox, gained media spotlight in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An elderly man has ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Borealpox virus was formerly known as Alaskapox. Researchers assessed six cases reported between 2020 and 2023 ...