First death from rare viral disease Alaskapox reported in Kenai Peninsula – Times of India
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Alaska health officials have confirmed the state’s first fatal case of Alaskapoxa recently discovered viral disease. The victim, an elderly immunocompromised man from the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage, succumbed to the illness while undergoing treatment in late January.The Alaska Department of Public Health announced on Friday that the person who succumbed…