Screenings for breast and cervical cancer in Alaska have been on a downward trend for several years, Anne Remick, the program director for the Section… Continue reading
All vaccines administered in Alaska are reported to the Alaska Immunization Information System
The state has to begin redetermination for everyone receiving benefits by March 31
Xylazine is not approved for human use and naloxone will not be able to reverse its effect
State health officials detail vaccine changes
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the volunteer program at Central Peninsula Hospital boasted a team of around 250.
An epidemiology bulletin released by the State Department of Health on Wednesday provides a summary of Alaska’s public health response to the 2022 outbreak of… Continue reading
Homicides accounted for 19% of the violent deaths in Alaska from 2011-2020
Though cases are dropping, weekly nationwide COVID deaths reported by the CDC remain around 2,000
21 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alaska
Flu and respiratory syncytial virus have both seen a steep decline in Alaska, health officials said on a recent Public Health ECHO, held via Zoom… Continue reading
Peninsula Period Network makes free period supplies available in local schools
Healthy Alaskans 2030 tracks 30 health objectives related to a variety of health factors
Project Homeless Connect offers a variety of services
Vision screenings, job services, rental assistance applications, social services, health care, food, veterans services, immunizations, child care are among services offered
Alaska state health officials hosted a Public Health ECHO on Wednesday
Active tuberculosis cases in Alaska have spiked 66%
That increase is seemingly driven by the appearance and increasing prevalence of a new subvariant of omicron
The number of cases reported in 2021 were 447, a 26.6% increase over the 353 reported in 2020
Cases of influenza in the state have been reported in much greater quantities much earlier in the season than recent years
